durinnMar 1

Do you still use compact discs?

https://programming.dev/post/46541543

Show threadMpatchMar 1
Fuck bud I still use floppy disks. It’s damn hard to find a pc with a dedicated floppy drive. Those usb floppy drives fail writing to floppy more often than not.
Show threaddurinn
Cool! Are floppys still being manufactured? I’d love to make a rescue boot floppy for when I need to do maintenance on my system!
Mar 1 at 9:37pmWeb
Show threadmaliosMar 1
They are not being manufactured anymore but it is still possible to buy new old stock. One guy is trying to keep them in circulation (he owns floppydisk.com) and I found a somewhat recent article that has some good info as well: www.raconteur.net/…/the-floppygeddon-cometh
Time's running out for firms to ditch the floppy disk - Raconteur

Although the floppy disk was replaced by more efficient storage technologies in the 1990s, some firms still rely on these antiquated devices

Raconteur
Show threadMpatchMar 1

Yeah I kina lucked out I found a 10 pack of new ones on Amazon about 2 years ago. And recently, while cleaning out an old auto performance shop, there was like 2 or 3 55gal drums full of used and new floppy disks.

Also more recently there was something about Japan finaly upgrading their i.t infrastructure from floppy disks to more modern tech.

Hell apparently they still make cassette tapes for use in prisons because you can’t make a shank out of one with the materials they use for them.

Show threadAppoxoMar 2
Casettes are being reintroduced in the (indie) music industry as well
Show threadAA5BMar 2
Yeah it’s really bizarre seeing my teen get excited about buying cassettes and vinyl
Show threadAppoxoMar 2
I started buying CDs from Japan and on the used market (thank god discogs).
Pretty weird :D
Show threaddurinnMar 3

And you did not share that loot of floppys with the rest of the world? D:

The inmates at the prison that I was working at all had off brand CD Walkmans.

Show threadMpatchMar 4

I thought about it. But I all belonged to a dead guy. And I thought to my self. This is cool and all and I can nit pick through this load of stuff yes But he is dead and I’m alive. And this stuff didn’t do him any good in the end. So I’d rather not waste my time.

I did find this though funny enough there is an archive online of all the contents in it