Yes, this is a Blu-ray/DVD reader and writer disguised as a Disk II drive. But it's no mere 3D-printed enclosure. RetroConnector really, and carefully, gutted an old Disk II and, in place of the ...

With the 1998 release of the iMac, Apple did away with the floppy disk drive, leaving only a rewritable CD drive. That lasted about 10 years, and then Apple killed the CD drive, as well. ...

It was 1998 and Apple had just released the iMac G3. It was a beautiful interesting computer: a sleek, all-in-one case, with something new called USB. One thing it didn't have was a floppy disk.

He even cut down a 3.5-inch floppy diskette and glued it into the floppy drive to add some color to the beige box and make it easier to be identified as vintage tech.

For a period in the Mac's development, it was assumed that the computer would feature Apple's proprietary Twiggy 5.25-inch floppy disk drive, which also came as standard issue on the original Lisa.

External storage was originally on cassette tape, but later Apple introduced an external floppy disk drive. Among the Apple II's most important features were its 8 expansion slots on the motherboard.

Don’t throw away that Apple II or Macintosh floppy drive too quickly, though: As Engadget notes, the change only takes effect next year. Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Add 9to5Mac to your ...

He connected five of his company’s 1x USB floppy drives to the iMac, formatted five floppy diskettes, and ran Mac OS X’s Disk Utility. Less than 20 minutes after starting his effort, ...

With the 1998 release of the iMac, Apple did away with the floppy disk drive, leaving only a rewritable CD drive. That lasted about 10 years, and then Apple killed the CD drive, as well. ...