Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-22 years 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-up1·2 years 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