Man makes tons of money being the last company selling floppy disks (until this story). - Upgoat

Man makes tons of money being the last company selling floppy disks (until this story).
submitted by Crackinjokes to technology 2.6 yearsSep 18, 2022 05:50:39 ago (+16/-1) (m.slashdot.org)
https://m.slashdot.org/story/404805

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[ - ] deleted -1 points 2.6 yearsSep 18, 2022 10:09:31 ago (+1/-2)

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[ + ] Prairie

[ - ] Prairie 2 points 2.6 yearsSep 18, 2022 15:16:45 ago (+2/-0)

Ancient equipment that still works and uses them.

[ + ] Deleted

[ - ] deleted 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 19, 2022 13:22:14 ago (+0/-0)

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[ + ] Prairie

[ - ] Prairie 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 20, 2022 07:54:29 ago (+1/-0)

When they were in common use they were the lowest-cost way to store and transfer data between machines.

[ - ] Spaceman84 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 18, 2022 11:16:02 ago (+0/-0)

And suddenly the Chinks get back in the market

[ - ] observation1 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 18, 2022 06:35:32 ago (+1/-0)

I always assumed they would stop working after 10 years. Guess that was a myth.

Floppy disks might be better than USB drives on the annoying scale, being you try to insert USB drives upside down 75% of the time and goes bad after 2 years of casual use

[ + ] pickingrinninspittin

[ - ] pickingrinninspittin 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 18, 2022 10:40:33 ago (+1/-0)

Over time the data written on any magnetic storage device will deteriorate. It's not that the media fails but rather the data stored on it will eventually become corrupted. I had floppies that were still readable after 10 years but I also had lots that were unreadable, so for long term storage they are not recommended. As well they are more liable to physical damage due to how they are packaged. Hard drives fail but usually because of mechanical issues, rather than the platters going bad. But they are subject to the same issue of magnetically written data deteriorating over time, which is why they employ various technologies to help ensure that the data stays correct.

[ + ] Spaceman84

[ - ] Spaceman84 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 18, 2022 11:17:29 ago (+0/-0)

Tape is better than floppy disk for long term storage but hard disk drives are better still

[ + ] diggernicks

[ - ] diggernicks 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 18, 2022 15:41:21 ago (+0/-0)

nes cartridge battery saves still work

Many of them came out in the mid 80s

[ + ] deleteme1234

[ - ] deleteme1234 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 18, 2022 16:43:16 ago (+0/-0)

Not magnetic?

[ + ] diggernicks

[ - ] diggernicks 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 18, 2022 17:18:50 ago (+0/-0)

Unsure