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.
Older Boeing’s use floppies to update their flight computer data even today
where I live (not Japan), trams are updated with a suitcase worth of floppy disks (and these are the more modern trams here)
This sort of thing is why I dislike legislation that mandates the use of something very specific. Things change and it is better to create laws that don’t become outdated as fast as tech tends to.
Without it we get a different iPhone charger every year that no other device is allowing to use
It’s just a brick with a USB socket. I still have 5W usb chargers from iPhones a decade ago that work with anything USB.
They didn’t change connectors on the cables frequently either. The old big one, lightning, and USB C are the only connectors iPhone used.
Ah man the translucent colourful floppies… that takes me back
It was a happier time, I miss my atomic purple floppies.
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I rewrote that several times because I have the mind of a child, but atomic purple 3.5” was even worse so I give up and you get to enjoy both.
