Floppy disks came in various sizes and dozens of incompatible formats. As part of the university’s Future Nostalgia project, Talboom recently helped publish a comprehensive guide to imaging floppy disks for preservation (appropriately called Copy That Floppy! Image: Courtesy of Leontien TalboomIt might not seem like it now in the world of terabyte hard drives and seemingly infinite cloud storage, but floppy disks were surprisingly enduring. Certain aspects of the airline and medical industries actually still use floppy disks to run critical updates on old hardware. While major manufacturers had largely stopped producing new floppy controllers, DIY versions persisted in retro gaming communities eager to preserve old games that existed only on floppy disks.