Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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-square100fedilinkarrow-up1581cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1581external-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 · 10 months agomessage-square100fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoBent and crushed floppies were less of a problem than simple failures of reading and writing them, which in my memory happened much more often than they do to USB drives now. I don’t see people breaking usb sticks in half that often either.
Bent and crushed floppies were less of a problem than simple failures of reading and writing them, which in my memory happened much more often than they do to USB drives now. I don’t see people breaking usb sticks in half that often either.