The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks

It's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware.

by Mack DeGeurin

https://www.popsci.com/technology/floppy-disk-archivist-project/?utm_source=nautilus.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=where-to-see-the-total-lunar-eclipse&_bhlid=52ff749846d631cfc15924ca032510c3a9e130dd

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An 8.5" Floppy 🤩
They came with 120 kB capacity, capable for thousands of lines of code. In basic.