Floppy disks in Japan: Minister declares war on old-fashioned technology

janusz · 4 Sep 2022, 06:52 PM

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Japan's digital minister has "declared war" on floppy disks and other retro tech used by the country's bureaucrats. A Japanese government committee has discovered about 1,900 areas in which businesses are required to use storage media like floppy disks when making applications or holding data.

If anybody (in Japan or elsewhere) is interested I still have an unopened box of 10 Maxell floppy disks, double-sided & DOS-formatted

Bamb0 · 5 Sep 2022, 02:13 AM

I love that stuff..... I have a C64 that I have alot of floppies

chrisretusn · 5 Sep 2022, 07:44 PM

My wife declared war on my stash of floppies.

I had no way to read them anyway.

I still have a bunch of zip disk and magnetic tapes.

5 Sep 2022, 02:13 AM	#2
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,700	I love that stuff..... I have a C64 that I have alot of floppies

5 Sep 2022, 07:44 PM	#3
chrisretusn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 792	My wife declared war on my stash of floppies. I had no way to read them anyway. I still have a bunch of zip disk and magnetic tapes.