Graham Tinkers has created a Raspberry Pi-powered system that automatically backs up stacks of floppy disks and takes a picture of the label as it goes.

San Francisco transit officials have approved a $212 million overhaul of its aging train control system — which for decades has run on data stored by floppy disks. The Municipal Transportation ...

The contract entails that Hitachi Rail will transition the ATCS from its current 5.25-inch floppy disk system to one that uses Wi-Fi and cell signals to track exact train locations. The deal is ...

The new system will replace the original 1998 system, which requires three floppy disks to function on DOS. Yes, DOS. The Automatic Train Control System is designed to communicate with Muni Metro ...

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light rail off floppy disks. The Muni Metro’s Automatic Train Control ...

Floppy disks could read and write, which made them great for academia. However, by the time I started college courses, they ...

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light rail off floppy disks. The Muni Metro’s Automatic Train Control ...

A curiosity recently caught our eye—that curiosity is KolibriOS, a super-lightweight, ultra-fast OS designed for legacy PCs with its floppy drive-friendly install size of just 1.44 MB.

Most people have. With the clocks falling back this weekend, it’ll start getting darker even earlier, so Andrea Canning spoke with former Secret Service agent Evy Pompouras on today’s ...

TUSTIN, Calif. (KABC) -- Two men were convicted Monday for the robbery of a Secret Service agent in Tustin in June. Jamonte Fitzgerald Johnson, 32, was convicted of robbery and possession of a ...

A $130 million state grant will upgrade the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's train control system after 30 years of relying on floppy disks. The grant announced Thursday will mean ...