14 Forgotten Technologies That Tried To Replace The Floppy Disk #Technology #EmergingTechnologies #Other #floppydisk #archivetechnology #datastorage #obsoletegadgets #retrotech
14 Forgotten Technologies That Tried To Replace The Floppy Disk
Antiquated disk media is rarer than ever, but floppy disks were once all the rage. These would-be floppy stand-ins, however, haven't survived in public memory.
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October 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
14 Forgotten Technologies That Tried To Replace The Floppy Disk #Technology #EmergingTechnologies #Other #floppydisk #archivetechnology #datastorage #obsoletegadgets #retrotech
It only seems like 5 minutes ago that we were saving work on floppy disks, and now computers don’t even have CD drives anymore! A big part of #DigitalPreservation is transferring data from obsolete storage so it can still be accessed in the future.
#ArchiveTechnology
#ArchiveTechnology
April 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It only seems like 5 minutes ago that we were saving work on floppy disks, and now computers don’t even have CD drives anymore! A big part of #DigitalPreservation is transferring data from obsolete storage so it can still be accessed in the future.
#ArchiveTechnology
#ArchiveTechnology
#DMUat155 Eeeek... urrghh... eeech... 🎶 That’s the sound of us d/l ing a flyer for Leicester Poly Department of Engineering and Manufacture, c. 1990! 💾🖨️❤️ the @dmuleicester.bsky.social retro tech on the cover for @arascot.bsky.social #ArchiveTechnology for #Archive30 🚀
#ThrowbackTech #alumni #STEM
#ThrowbackTech #alumni #STEM
April 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#DMUat155 Eeeek... urrghh... eeech... 🎶 That’s the sound of us d/l ing a flyer for Leicester Poly Department of Engineering and Manufacture, c. 1990! 💾🖨️❤️ the @dmuleicester.bsky.social retro tech on the cover for @arascot.bsky.social #ArchiveTechnology for #Archive30 🚀
#ThrowbackTech #alumni #STEM
#ThrowbackTech #alumni #STEM
PSA on the ever changing technology needs in archives to keep up with changing formats coming into collections #ArchiveTechnology #Archive30
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
PSA on the ever changing technology needs in archives to keep up with changing formats coming into collections #ArchiveTechnology #Archive30
#Archive30 #ArchiveTechnology Joseph Sankey of Bilston were at the forefront of providing component parts for the electrical industry at a time when this was still exciting new technology. @arascot.bsky.social @postcardjim.bsky.social #GKNarchive #WinterbourneHouseandGarden
April 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#Archive30 #ArchiveTechnology Joseph Sankey of Bilston were at the forefront of providing component parts for the electrical industry at a time when this was still exciting new technology. @arascot.bsky.social @postcardjim.bsky.social #GKNarchive #WinterbourneHouseandGarden
Much modern medical equipment is mass-produced, single-use, and disposable. But historically if staff needed pieces of equipment the Royal London Hospital had a workshop for making and adapting medical tools onsite as seen in this photo from the 1950s
#ArchiveTechnology
#ArchiveTechnology
![Black and white photograph showing two men wearing white striped overalls in a workshop full of machinary. One is working at a piece of machinary and the other is working at a desk covered in instruments and tools.
[RLHLH/P/2/31]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpxxiqvlbi3oovm5uue5sbnh/bafkreihej6eudoq7h7niw4eggzov333bcnejbeqqgfkjlbasfidkwdb2se)
April 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Much modern medical equipment is mass-produced, single-use, and disposable. But historically if staff needed pieces of equipment the Royal London Hospital had a workshop for making and adapting medical tools onsite as seen in this photo from the 1950s
#ArchiveTechnology
#ArchiveTechnology
Humphrey pumps at King George V Reservoir, Chingford: diagram & extract of description from 'Inauguration of the Chingford Reservoir', Metropolitan Water Board, 1913. H A Humphrey's 1909 design won two Grands Prix at the Brussels Exhibition 1910. @arascot.bsky.social #ArchiveTechnology #Archive30
April 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Humphrey pumps at King George V Reservoir, Chingford: diagram & extract of description from 'Inauguration of the Chingford Reservoir', Metropolitan Water Board, 1913. H A Humphrey's 1909 design won two Grands Prix at the Brussels Exhibition 1910. @arascot.bsky.social #ArchiveTechnology #Archive30
WPC Margaret Raymond became the first woman in the Met's Special Patrol Group, the 1961 predecessor of today's Territorial Support Group. Here she holds an early personal radio, nicknamed a staggery shouty for its weight & poor reception! #ArchiveTechnology #Archive30
April 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
WPC Margaret Raymond became the first woman in the Met's Special Patrol Group, the 1961 predecessor of today's Territorial Support Group. Here she holds an early personal radio, nicknamed a staggery shouty for its weight & poor reception! #ArchiveTechnology #Archive30
Day 13 #Archive30
#ArchiveTechnology
@arascot.bsky.social
Here is some technology from 1946, the Geiger counter, discovered in an old cupboard is circled in yellow ☢️
I do wonder if it’s the one mentioned or a later one 🧐
Extract from the 1946 Annual Report
Thanks to Angela for the reports
#ArchiveTechnology
@arascot.bsky.social
Here is some technology from 1946, the Geiger counter, discovered in an old cupboard is circled in yellow ☢️
I do wonder if it’s the one mentioned or a later one 🧐
Extract from the 1946 Annual Report
Thanks to Angela for the reports
April 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Day 13 #Archive30
#ArchiveTechnology
@arascot.bsky.social
Here is some technology from 1946, the Geiger counter, discovered in an old cupboard is circled in yellow ☢️
I do wonder if it’s the one mentioned or a later one 🧐
Extract from the 1946 Annual Report
Thanks to Angela for the reports
#ArchiveTechnology
@arascot.bsky.social
Here is some technology from 1946, the Geiger counter, discovered in an old cupboard is circled in yellow ☢️
I do wonder if it’s the one mentioned or a later one 🧐
Extract from the 1946 Annual Report
Thanks to Angela for the reports
It's #ArchiveTechnology, 1850s style! Writing from Boston in 1858, Thomas Doane lays out the double rail system and its claims to superiority. #Archive30 #railroad
April 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It's #ArchiveTechnology, 1850s style! Writing from Boston in 1858, Thomas Doane lays out the double rail system and its claims to superiority. #Archive30 #railroad
💾 Many older digital carriers require hardware that is no longer being made, so we need items such as this old internal floppy drive to read the 5.25-inch disks in our collections.
❇️ We control this drive with something called a Greaseweazle adapter.
#ArchiveTechnology #archive30
❇️ We control this drive with something called a Greaseweazle adapter.
#ArchiveTechnology #archive30
April 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
💾 Many older digital carriers require hardware that is no longer being made, so we need items such as this old internal floppy drive to read the 5.25-inch disks in our collections.
❇️ We control this drive with something called a Greaseweazle adapter.
#ArchiveTechnology #archive30
❇️ We control this drive with something called a Greaseweazle adapter.
#ArchiveTechnology #archive30
Day 13 #Archive30
Simple but effective, hygrometers are key pieces of #ArchiveTechnology here at #RCPI - Used to measure humidity, which can be detrimental to archives 💧 Our quarantine store hygrometers are checked regularly to make sure our fragile items are safe and sound!
@arascot.bsky.social
Simple but effective, hygrometers are key pieces of #ArchiveTechnology here at #RCPI - Used to measure humidity, which can be detrimental to archives 💧 Our quarantine store hygrometers are checked regularly to make sure our fragile items are safe and sound!
@arascot.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Day 13 #Archive30
Simple but effective, hygrometers are key pieces of #ArchiveTechnology here at #RCPI - Used to measure humidity, which can be detrimental to archives 💧 Our quarantine store hygrometers are checked regularly to make sure our fragile items are safe and sound!
@arascot.bsky.social
Simple but effective, hygrometers are key pieces of #ArchiveTechnology here at #RCPI - Used to measure humidity, which can be detrimental to archives 💧 Our quarantine store hygrometers are checked regularly to make sure our fragile items are safe and sound!
@arascot.bsky.social
Today's #Archive30 is #ArchiveTechnology - so we're sharing this Lecia camera (and all it's attachments) that was used on Everest expeditions in the 1930s #cameras #photography
April 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Today's #Archive30 is #ArchiveTechnology - so we're sharing this Lecia camera (and all it's attachments) that was used on Everest expeditions in the 1930s #cameras #photography
Godric helped digitise some VHS tapes from the Digital Equipment Corporation collection recently. They will be uploaded to our online digital repository. You can discover other digital archives in the repository online rdguk.info/vqecO #ArchiveTechnology #Archive30
April 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Godric helped digitise some VHS tapes from the Digital Equipment Corporation collection recently. They will be uploaded to our online digital repository. You can discover other digital archives in the repository online rdguk.info/vqecO #ArchiveTechnology #Archive30
#archive30 #day13
Without #archivetechnology we wouldn't have this snap of Lister on his sledge, outside GRI in 1867 contemplating all things antisepsis - cows, sewage, cholera, carbolic acid & how to persuade the non believers that he is definitely onto something...😜
@arascot.bsky.social
Without #archivetechnology we wouldn't have this snap of Lister on his sledge, outside GRI in 1867 contemplating all things antisepsis - cows, sewage, cholera, carbolic acid & how to persuade the non believers that he is definitely onto something...😜
@arascot.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
#archive30 #day13
Without #archivetechnology we wouldn't have this snap of Lister on his sledge, outside GRI in 1867 contemplating all things antisepsis - cows, sewage, cholera, carbolic acid & how to persuade the non believers that he is definitely onto something...😜
@arascot.bsky.social
Without #archivetechnology we wouldn't have this snap of Lister on his sledge, outside GRI in 1867 contemplating all things antisepsis - cows, sewage, cholera, carbolic acid & how to persuade the non believers that he is definitely onto something...😜
@arascot.bsky.social
Today's #Archive30 is #ArchiveTechnology - but technology is not always modern. There ws a mill at Mathern near Chepstiw in C12 - we know this because its tithes belonged to Chepstow Priory and were agreed by the bishop. Llandaff Episcopal Acta at www.southwalesrecordsociety.co.uk/05.htm
A South Wales Record Society book
'Llandaff Episcopal Acta, 1140-1287,' edited by David Crouch
www.southwalesrecordsociety.co.uk
April 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Today's #Archive30 is #ArchiveTechnology - but technology is not always modern. There ws a mill at Mathern near Chepstiw in C12 - we know this because its tithes belonged to Chepstow Priory and were agreed by the bishop. Llandaff Episcopal Acta at www.southwalesrecordsociety.co.uk/05.htm
The #Archive30 theme today is #ArchiveTechnology and we have the lesser spotted video floppy disk. Video floppy disks were introduced in the early 1980s and were developed by Sony. They were primarily used for still images that were stored as still frames of videos but there was a later data variant
April 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The #Archive30 theme today is #ArchiveTechnology and we have the lesser spotted video floppy disk. Video floppy disks were introduced in the early 1980s and were developed by Sony. They were primarily used for still images that were stored as still frames of videos but there was a later data variant
#Archive30 is #ArchiveTechnology
My family out and about in these new fangled motor cars!
#FamilyHistory
My family out and about in these new fangled motor cars!
#FamilyHistory
April 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
#Archive30 is #ArchiveTechnology
My family out and about in these new fangled motor cars!
#FamilyHistory
My family out and about in these new fangled motor cars!
#FamilyHistory
#Archive30 is #ArchiveTechnology
My family out and about in these new fangled motor cars!
#FamilyHistory
My family out and about in these new fangled motor cars!
#FamilyHistory
April 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#Archive30 is #ArchiveTechnology
My family out and about in these new fangled motor cars!
#FamilyHistory
My family out and about in these new fangled motor cars!
#FamilyHistory
#Archive30 #ArchiveTechnology @arascot.bsky.social
MS Teams and visualiser technology means you can access our collections from anywhere in the world by booking a digital appointment.
Email us to find out more archives@soton.ac.uk
MS Teams and visualiser technology means you can access our collections from anywhere in the world by booking a digital appointment.
Email us to find out more archives@soton.ac.uk
April 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#Archive30 #ArchiveTechnology @arascot.bsky.social
MS Teams and visualiser technology means you can access our collections from anywhere in the world by booking a digital appointment.
Email us to find out more archives@soton.ac.uk
MS Teams and visualiser technology means you can access our collections from anywhere in the world by booking a digital appointment.
Email us to find out more archives@soton.ac.uk
For #Archive30 #ArchiveTechnology we are looking at one of the many MPs who had a scientific or industrial background. Read more here about Charles Tilston Bright, MP for Greenwich and a pioneer in electric telegraphy: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2019/02/20/m...
MP of the Month: Sir Charles Tilston Bright (1832-1888), pioneering telegraph engineer
An important aspect of our study of the reformed Commons is the degree to which representatives of science and industry were incorporated into the legislature during a period of great economic expa…
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April 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
For #Archive30 #ArchiveTechnology we are looking at one of the many MPs who had a scientific or industrial background. Read more here about Charles Tilston Bright, MP for Greenwich and a pioneer in electric telegraphy: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2019/02/20/m...