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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 12 days ago

San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks

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San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks

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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 12 days ago

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Muni Metro also plans to ditch super-slow loop cable communication system.

Muni Metro also plans to ditch super-slow loop cable communication system.

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AFAIK there are long term science programs that are using archaic computer systems so probably yes.
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  I’d like to read about those. Can you link some?
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    https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a27928/22-years-later-windows-95/
    
    Mostly anecdotal from comments and whatnot, but here is a PM article

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