Floppy Disk Fever

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Floppy Disk Fever is a book that explores the curious afterlives of the floppy disk in the twenty-first century. It refloects on notions of obsolescence, media preservation and nostalgia, and challenges these by interviewing those involved with medium today. From floppy filmmakers to floppy painters and beyond; what drives people to continue working with a peic e of technology that is typically deemed obsolete? What challenges and affordances does it provide: And what does the future hold in store for the familiar black square?