Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoSan Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disksarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1203arrow-down1external-linkSan Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disksarstechnica.comTodd Bonzalez@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
See also: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/5-25-inch-floppy-disks-expected-to-help-run-san-francisco-trains-until-2030/ \ https://lemmy.ca/post/19158929
minus-squarecmnybolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·9 hours ago5.25" floppies were obsolete for years before they even installed the system in 1998. They could have been using compact flash cards by then.
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·9 hours agoCompact flash? Nah, that was primetime for Iomega Zip Drives!
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 hours agoFear the click of death!
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 hours agoFuck yo Zip Drives, all my homies use SyQuest
minus-squarecmnybolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 hours agoIt would have been replaced a long time ago if that was the case.
5.25" floppies were obsolete for years before they even installed the system in 1998. They could have been using compact flash cards by then.
Compact flash? Nah, that was primetime for Iomega Zip Drives!
Fear the click of death!
Fuck yo Zip Drives, all my homies use SyQuest
It would have been replaced a long time ago if that was the case.