While most operating systems are written in C and C++, KolibriOS is written in pure x86 assembly and as a result small and lightweight enough to run off a standard 1.44 MB floppy disk, as demonstrated ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN
The floppy disk patent was granted today in 1972 — when 80KB took up 8 inches and were really floppy
The patent application for the floppy disk was granted to two IBM engineers on this day in 1972.
Building a modern PC to read decades-old floppy disks turns into a quirky retrocomputing challenge with uncertain odds.
How-To Geek on MSN
How Iomega Zip drives almost solved the floppy disk problem (before USB made them obsolete)
We have it good now that USB is a thing, but I sometimes miss the old ways to transfer files ...
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