https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/00c77b01-51b7-463e-a3c0-1dce72426181 Are floppy drives truly obsolete, or do they still have practical uses in modern computing? In this video, we test a USB 3.5 inch floppy disk drive on modern operating systems to see if vintage magnetic storage still works today, and why some retro hardware, air-gapped security backups, and industrial systems still rely on them. Whether you're a retro computing enthusiast, interested in legacy hardware compatibility, or curious about data recovery from old 1.44MB disks, we explore the history, modern setup, file transfer speeds, and surprising use cases for floppy disks today. 0:00 Intro 0:09 Specs of the Drive 0:41 Why use a floppy disk? 1:49 Using a USB floppy drive on Linux 3:44 Formatting a disk under Linux 7:41 What is this good for? Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:58:56 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://spectra.video https://spectra.video/lazy-static/avatars/71f5d173-eea9-47a7-b254-f7e91f9f5d25.png https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/00c77b01-51b7-463e-a3c0-1dce72426181 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://spectra.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. https://spectra.video/w/16zFY6yVmYfUr3QNgWX5ov;threadId=67797 https://spectra.video/w/16zFY6yVmYfUr3QNgWX5ov;threadId=67797 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:17:09 GMT This makes me weirdly nostalgic for my old floppies! 💾

]]> Lucas Cantor https://spectra.video/w/16zFY6yVmYfUr3QNgWX5ov;threadId=69188 https://spectra.video/w/16zFY6yVmYfUr3QNgWX5ov;threadId=69188 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:16:19 GMT I have a similar one at home! I used it to retrieve old documents from a pile of floppy disks my mom gave me. It’s so funny how slow and noisy these things are!

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