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  2. KryoFlux - Wikipedia

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    KryoFlux consists of a small hardware device, [4] [5] which is a software-programmable FDC system that runs on small ARM-based devices that connects to a floppy disk drive and a host PC over USB, and software for accessing the device. KryoFlux reads "flux transitions" from floppy disks at a very fine resolution. [6]

  3. Data erasure - Wikipedia

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    Data erasure offers an alternative to physical destruction and degaussing for secure removal of all the disk data. Physical destruction and degaussing destroy the digital media, requiring disposal and contributing to electronic waste while negatively impacting the carbon footprint of individuals and companies. [ 10 ]

  4. List of data-erasing software - Wikipedia

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    Disk Utility: Apple: Commercial proprietary software: OS X: Yes external [6]? Eraser: Heidi Computers Limited GNU GPL v3: Windows: Yes external [7]? HDDerase: University of California, San Diego: Freeware: OS independent, based on DOS: No internal [8]? hdparm: Mark Lord BSD license: Linux: Yes internal [9] not directly supported without ...

  5. Floppy disks obsolete, headed for the recycle bin

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    You can officially move your old computer floppy disks to your obsolete file, since Sony has announced plans to discontinue selling them in Japan in March 2011, according to The Consumerist. The ...

  6. Digital obsolescence - Wikipedia

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    Floppy disks were a common method of transferring and storing digital files until displaced by flash memory in the 2000s. Hardware concerns are two-fold in archival and library fields: in addition to the physical storage medium of magnetic tape, optical disc, or solid-state computer memory, a separate electronic device is often required for ...

  7. Remember floppy disks? This supplier says business is booming

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    And if you built a plane 20 or 30 or even 40 years ago, you would use a floppy disk to get information in and out of some of the avionics of that airplane."Persky sells about 500 disks a daybut ...

  8. Rob Northen copylock - Wikipedia

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    Rob Northen Copylock (also known simply as Copylock) is a copy-protection system designed to prevent disk duplication with standard floppy disk drives on the Amiga, Atari ST, and IBM PC compatibles. It was created by British programmer Rob Northen after founding his own company Copylock Software. It was used mainly to prevent games from being ...

  9. US military will no longer use floppy disks to coordinate ...

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    Now, the US strategic command has announced that it has replaced the drives with a "highly-secure solid state digital storage solution," Lt. Col. Jason Rossi told c4isrnet.com.