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 threaddurinnMar 1
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!
Show threadmalios
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
Mar 1 at 9:49pmWeb