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Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (www.reuters.com)
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[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Isn't that just CD with less storage?

[–] arcosenautic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I've never met someone that didn't hate their rewritable CDs. After a few months of reading/writing they would go bad.

I agree, some floppies are particularly bad as well, but most I've handled worked okay

[–] jmcunx@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

No, to write to a CD, you need to use specialized software, not just a simple copy.

Plus what about copying to replaced a files already on the CD ? I believe you need to clear it first then rewrite everything back. CD are about as inconvenient as a media can get.