Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoWhat in the hell are they using them for? They hold so little data I don’t see how they can even be practical at this point.
minus-squarekuneho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agowhere I live (not Japan), trams are updated with a suitcase worth of floppy disks (and these are the more modern trams here)
minus-squarebfg9k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoOlder Boeing’s use floppies to update their flight computer data even today
What in the hell are they using them for? They hold so little data I don’t see how they can even be practical at this point.
where I live (not Japan), trams are updated with a suitcase worth of floppy disks (and these are the more modern trams here)
Older Boeing’s use floppies to update their flight computer data even today