Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSan Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disksarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziphardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1341arrow-down1external-linkSan Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disksarstechnica.comTodd Bonzalez@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziphardware@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-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 months agoAnd that cost includes decades of support. The $212 million contract includes support services from Hitachi for “20 to 25 years,” the Chronicle said.
And that cost includes decades of support.