All articles tagged with #floppy disk
A Tesla owner used a USB-to-FDD adapter to connect a 3.5-inch floppy drive to a Tesla. The Linux kernel still recognizes the drive and can mount it as external storage for Sentry/Dashcam/media, even allowing a single MP3 (such as Never Gonna Give You Up) to play. However, the drive’s 1.44 MB capacity makes it impractical for real use and it cannot be used to hack the car or run modern software.”
A YouTuber named polymatt recreated a floppy disk from scratch, including the enclosure and magnetic disk, demonstrating engineering skills and nostalgia for outdated technology, despite the format being obsolete since 2010.
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's train control system, which relies on 5-inch floppy disks installed in 1998, is facing the risk of catastrophic failure due to data degradation. The agency plans to upgrade the system to a wireless one, but the process is expected to take a decade and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. The upgrade aims to improve reliability and track train movements more efficiently, with hopes of securing funding from state and federal grants as well as internal capital resources.
The Japanese government has announced the end of the era of submitting official documents on 3.5" floppy disks, marking a shift towards digital submissions via the cloud. This move, part of a campaign led by the minister for digital transformation, Taro Kono, aims to eliminate physical media requirements. While this decision is welcomed by businesses, there are still industries and hobbyists, both in Japan and globally, that continue to rely on floppy disks for various purposes.