#floppydisks — Public Fediverse posts
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🚀 Dive into the thrilling world of ancient floppy disks and dot-matrix #nostalgia, as thousands of #Amiga #games await you—because who wouldn't want to relive the cutting-edge graphics of 1987? 💾🎮 It's like a time machine, but instead of the future, you're stuck in the pixelated past! 🕹️🤣
https://amigafreeware.downer.tech/ #floppydisks #dotmatrix #retro #gaming #pixelart #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Dive into the thrilling world of ancient floppy disks and dot-matrix #nostalgia, as thousands of #Amiga #games await you—because who wouldn't want to relive the cutting-edge graphics of 1987? 💾🎮 It's like a time machine, but instead of the future, you're stuck in the pixelated past! 🕹️🤣
https://amigafreeware.downer.tech/ #floppydisks #dotmatrix #retro #gaming #pixelart #HackerNews #ngated -
Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/hackaday-its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/ -
Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/hackaday-its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/ -
Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/hackaday-its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/ -
Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/hackaday-its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/ -
Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/hackaday-its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/ -
Ah yes, the Future Nostalgia Project, where we preserve obsolete tech because who doesn't want to rescue floppy disks in 2025? 😂 Apparently, we need a Cambridge degree to Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V that 1.44 MB treasure trove of... ancient Word Art and Sound Blaster drivers. 📼✨
https://www.digipres.org/the-floppy-guide/ #FutureNostalgia #ObsoleteTech #FloppyDisks #TechPreservation #WordArt #SoundBlaster #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, the Future Nostalgia Project, where we preserve obsolete tech because who doesn't want to rescue floppy disks in 2025? 😂 Apparently, we need a Cambridge degree to Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V that 1.44 MB treasure trove of... ancient Word Art and Sound Blaster drivers. 📼✨
https://www.digipres.org/the-floppy-guide/ #FutureNostalgia #ObsoleteTech #FloppyDisks #TechPreservation #WordArt #SoundBlaster #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, the Future Nostalgia Project, where we preserve obsolete tech because who doesn't want to rescue floppy disks in 2025? 😂 Apparently, we need a Cambridge degree to Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V that 1.44 MB treasure trove of... ancient Word Art and Sound Blaster drivers. 📼✨
https://www.digipres.org/the-floppy-guide/ #FutureNostalgia #ObsoleteTech #FloppyDisks #TechPreservation #WordArt #SoundBlaster #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, the Future Nostalgia Project, where we preserve obsolete tech because who doesn't want to rescue floppy disks in 2025? 😂 Apparently, we need a Cambridge degree to Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V that 1.44 MB treasure trove of... ancient Word Art and Sound Blaster drivers. 📼✨
https://www.digipres.org/the-floppy-guide/ #FutureNostalgia #ObsoleteTech #FloppyDisks #TechPreservation #WordArt #SoundBlaster #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, the Future Nostalgia Project, where we preserve obsolete tech because who doesn't want to rescue floppy disks in 2025? 😂 Apparently, we need a Cambridge degree to Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V that 1.44 MB treasure trove of... ancient Word Art and Sound Blaster drivers. 📼✨
https://www.digipres.org/the-floppy-guide/ #FutureNostalgia #ObsoleteTech #FloppyDisks #TechPreservation #WordArt #SoundBlaster #HackerNews #ngated -
The "Sneakerweb" is here to whisk us back to the revolutionary 🕰️ days of floppy disks and dial-up modems. Forget DNS servers and embrace the cutting-edge technology of sneaker networks—because who needs the internet when you have USB drives and sneakers? 🚶♂️💾 Get ready to trip over cables as we march boldly into the past!
https://sneakerweb.org/ #Sneakerweb #FloppyDisks #RetroTech #SneakerNetworks #DialUpModems #HackerNews #ngated -
The "Sneakerweb" is here to whisk us back to the revolutionary 🕰️ days of floppy disks and dial-up modems. Forget DNS servers and embrace the cutting-edge technology of sneaker networks—because who needs the internet when you have USB drives and sneakers? 🚶♂️💾 Get ready to trip over cables as we march boldly into the past!
https://sneakerweb.org/ #Sneakerweb #FloppyDisks #RetroTech #SneakerNetworks #DialUpModems #HackerNews #ngated -
👴 Ah, 1997, when hacker #nostalgia was as fresh as TRASH 📰 and your biggest enemy was a virus that wasn't self-inflicted from too much Mountain Dew. #Zachtronics wants you to believe you're the Neo of floppy disk land, but really you're just paying to relive old-school hacking fantasies from your mom's basement. 💾💻
https://www.zachtronics.com/exapunks/ #hackernews #retrohacking #floppydisks #1990s #gaming #HackerNews #ngated -
👴 Ah, 1997, when hacker #nostalgia was as fresh as TRASH 📰 and your biggest enemy was a virus that wasn't self-inflicted from too much Mountain Dew. #Zachtronics wants you to believe you're the Neo of floppy disk land, but really you're just paying to relive old-school hacking fantasies from your mom's basement. 💾💻
https://www.zachtronics.com/exapunks/ #hackernews #retrohacking #floppydisks #1990s #gaming #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Ah, the good ol' days when you needed a PhD in floppy disks just to play Minesweeper! 😂 Witness the nostalgic ramblings of an aging techie who can't let go of his glory days as a 10-year-old IT prodigy. Spoiler: we get it, you opened autoexec.bat ONCE! 🦖 #BoomerTechWisdom
https://unix.foo/posts/last-people-who-know-how-it-works/ #BoomerTech #Nostalgia #GamingTech #ITProdigy #FloppyDisks #RetroGaming #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Ah, the good ol' days when you needed a PhD in floppy disks just to play Minesweeper! 😂 Witness the nostalgic ramblings of an aging techie who can't let go of his glory days as a 10-year-old IT prodigy. Spoiler: we get it, you opened autoexec.bat ONCE! 🦖 #BoomerTechWisdom
https://unix.foo/posts/last-people-who-know-how-it-works/ #BoomerTech #Nostalgia #GamingTech #ITProdigy #FloppyDisks #RetroGaming #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Behold, the pinnacle of retro coding nostalgia: an open-source Oberon IDE that screams "I'm stuck in 1985!" 😆 GitHub's latest museum exhibit promises to teleport you back to the days when your biggest worry was running out of floppy disks. 📼✨
https://github.com/kekcleader/FreeOberon #retroCoding #openSource #OberonIDE #GitHub #nostalgia #floppyDisks #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Behold, the pinnacle of retro coding nostalgia: an open-source Oberon IDE that screams "I'm stuck in 1985!" 😆 GitHub's latest museum exhibit promises to teleport you back to the days when your biggest worry was running out of floppy disks. 📼✨
https://github.com/kekcleader/FreeOberon #retroCoding #openSource #OberonIDE #GitHub #nostalgia #floppyDisks #HackerNews #ngated -
On this day in 1972, the patent for the floppy disk was granted. So happy floppy disk day, again, kind of 🥳😎
#floppydisk #floppydisks #diskette #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory
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On this day in 1972, the patent for the floppy disk was granted. So happy floppy disk day, again, kind of 🥳😎
#floppydisk #floppydisks #diskette #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory
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One has 40GB capacity, the other 0,00144GB capacity. Both attach to my iMac. Guess which is my favorite?
#floppydisks #bluray -
One has 40GB capacity, the other 0,00144GB capacity. Both attach to my iMac. Guess which is my favorite?
#floppydisks #bluray -
Do you want to see how a vintage Commodore 4040 disk drive gets refurbished? I got you covered:
https://youtu.be/CPUYzPUANHU
#commodore #floppydisks #retrocomputing -
Do you want to see how a vintage Commodore 4040 disk drive gets refurbished? I got you covered:
https://youtu.be/CPUYzPUANHU
#commodore #floppydisks #retrocomputing -
The Persistence of Floppy Disks: A $5 Relic in a Digital Age
Are floppy disks still useful in 2026? Learn why some people still pay $5 for these old storage tools and how they are used for special machines today.
#floppydisks, #oldtech, #techhistory, #digitalstorage, #retrocomputing
https://newsletter.tf/why-people-still-buy-floppy-disks-2026/
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Even in 2026, people are still buying floppy disks for $5. This is a surprise because most people use cloud storage now.
#floppydisks, #oldtech, #techhistory, #digitalstorage, #retrocomputing
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Agreed with @ryanrandall (h/t), that's a great sweater!
https://spectrum.ieee.org/floppy-disk-data-preservation-archives
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Agreed with @ryanrandall (h/t), that's a great sweater!
https://spectrum.ieee.org/floppy-disk-data-preservation-archives
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Agreed with @ryanrandall (h/t), that's a great sweater!
https://spectrum.ieee.org/floppy-disk-data-preservation-archives
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Agreed with @ryanrandall (h/t), that's a great sweater!
https://spectrum.ieee.org/floppy-disk-data-preservation-archives
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Agreed with @ryanrandall (h/t), that's a great sweater!
https://spectrum.ieee.org/floppy-disk-data-preservation-archives
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Relive the #PC #magazine cover disk era with 758-strong #InternetArchive.org #CDROM collection — 1.2TB treasure trove also includes #FloppyDisks from as early as 1993
A search uncovered over 1,500 #PCGamer software archives, thanks to a trove of floppy disk offerings from yesteryear. The total collection spans 1.2TB of material, according to the site.
Many of the #magazines are available to read, too
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/relive-the-pc-magazine-cover-disk-era-with-758-strong-archive-org-cd-rom-collection-1-2tb-treasure-trove-also-includes-floppy-disks-from-as-early-as-1993Wow that takes me back!
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Relive the #PC #magazine cover disk era with 758-strong #InternetArchive.org #CDROM collection — 1.2TB treasure trove also includes #FloppyDisks from as early as 1993
A search uncovered over 1,500 #PCGamer software archives, thanks to a trove of floppy disk offerings from yesteryear. The total collection spans 1.2TB of material, according to the site.
Many of the #magazines are available to read, too
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/relive-the-pc-magazine-cover-disk-era-with-758-strong-archive-org-cd-rom-collection-1-2tb-treasure-trove-also-includes-floppy-disks-from-as-early-as-1993Wow that takes me back!
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Happy 5,25" floppy disk day to those who celebrate! 🥳 May your drivehead be reliable, your disks well stored and your supply of new old stock ones never run dry. Cheers! 🙌
#floppydisk #floppydisks #floppy #diskette #disketten #525FloppyDay #retrocomputing #rerrogaming #vintagecomputing #commodore #atari #dos
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Happy 5,25" floppy disk day to those who celebrate! 🥳 May your drivehead be reliable, your disks well stored and your supply of new old stock ones never run dry. Cheers! 🙌
#floppydisk #floppydisks #floppy #diskette #disketten #525FloppyDay #retrocomputing #rerrogaming #vintagecomputing #commodore #atari #dos
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Happy 5,25" floppy disk day to those who celebrate! 🥳 May your drivehead be reliable, your disks well stored and your supply of new old stock ones never run dry. Cheers! 🙌
#floppydisk #floppydisks #floppy #diskette #disketten #525FloppyDay #retrocomputing #rerrogaming #vintagecomputing #commodore #atari #dos
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Happy 5,25" floppy disk day to those who celebrate! 🥳 May your drivehead be reliable, your disks well stored and your supply of new old stock ones never run dry. Cheers! 🙌
#floppydisk #floppydisks #floppy #diskette #disketten #525FloppyDay #retrocomputing #rerrogaming #vintagecomputing #commodore #atari #dos
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Happy 5,25" floppy disk day to those who celebrate! 🥳 May your drivehead be reliable, your disks well stored and your supply of new old stock ones never run dry. Cheers! 🙌
#floppydisk #floppydisks #floppy #diskette #disketten #525FloppyDay #retrocomputing #rerrogaming #vintagecomputing #commodore #atari #dos
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Oh, look! 🎉 Yet another breathless tech archeology piece! Because who doesn't want to hear about a DOS game nobody played from a place nobody goes? ❄️ It's like Indiana Jones, but with floppy disks and penguins. 🐧💾
https://alphapixeldev.com/lan-lok-the-antarctic-dos-sabotage-game-lost-for-34-years-part-1/ #techarcheology #DOSgames #floppydisks #indiegames #nostalgia #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, look! 🎉 Yet another breathless tech archeology piece! Because who doesn't want to hear about a DOS game nobody played from a place nobody goes? ❄️ It's like Indiana Jones, but with floppy disks and penguins. 🐧💾
https://alphapixeldev.com/lan-lok-the-antarctic-dos-sabotage-game-lost-for-34-years-part-1/ #techarcheology #DOSgames #floppydisks #indiegames #nostalgia #HackerNews #ngated -
How Windows 95 Was Distributed on 28 Floppy Disks Before CD-ROMs Became Standard
📰 Original title: The 28 Installation Disks of Windows 95
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/how-windows-95-was-distributed-on-28-floppy-disks-before-cd-roms-became-standard.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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How Windows 95 Was Distributed on 28 Floppy Disks Before CD-ROMs Became Standard
📰 Original title: The 28 Installation Disks of Windows 95
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/how-windows-95-was-distributed-on-28-floppy-disks-before-cd-roms-became-standard.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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How Windows 95 Was Distributed on 28 Floppy Disks Before CD-ROMs Became Standard
📰 Original title: The 28 Installation Disks of Windows 95
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/how-windows-95-was-distributed-on-28-floppy-disks-before-cd-roms-became-standard.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social
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Good grief, totally forgot to publish my latest video on MakerTube:
https://makertube.net/w/anHLNsRGc5nirtEXkLu3Kd
Get your Commodore Floppy Fix TODAY! Deep clean of a CBM 4040!
#retrocomputing #cbm4040 #floppydisks
