If emulating classic DOS games seems like a pain, there's a DOSBox fork 'aiming for simplicity and ease of use', now standalone for the first time

O ur medium has a rich history that stretches far back into the days of DOS gaming, but the further back in time you go, the ...

If you regret not living through the floppy disk era why not try this 3D printed Linux project that uses the cartridges to launch games

As the creator ItsDanik explains: "RFIDisk turns RFID tags into physical shortcuts that launch games, apps, or scripts when ...
Mental Floss

How to Rig Your Android Phone to Play Old Floppy Disk Games

Owning a smartphone means you have thousands of games at your fingertips, but capturing the nostalgia of playing a game saved on a floppy disk isn't as simple as downloading an app. Reviving floppy ...
The Digital Universe

Lee Library phasing out zip, floppy disk drives on open-access computers

The Harold B. Lee Library is phasing out zip and floppy disk drives on most of its open-access computers, and library staff members are suggesting that patrons use other forms of media to save their ...
Good News Network

Library is Rescuing Historical Treasures Trapped on Old Floppy Disks from the ‘Digital Dark Ages’

Iron oxide on the surface of the plastic may corrode material away, or it may lose its magnetism, preventing it from begin ...
Hackaday

Music Player Erected From Floppy Disks

Holding on to a cache of old floppies because nostalgia? Us too, and this might be the coolest possible use for ’em. While it’s fun to imagine that he wrote a compression algorithm to fit a lossless ...
GIGAZINE

An interview with a person who is also called the last fort of floppy disk sales is open

Floppy disks were once widely distributed as a recording medium for PCs, but with the advent of new recording media, floppy disks have long been regarded as outdated relics, but some companies and ...