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Haven't floppy disks stopped being manufactured? How is this handled?

• bierjunge 6y ago
  A lot of organizations bought everything they could get a few years ago (especially airlines and U.S. military were buying like crazy and paying incredible prices). Now they have basically tons of floppy's stuffed in some warehouses around the world and it should last for a decade or even longer. This should be enough time to get a different medium chosen and certified.
  • 3v1n0 6y ago
    Mhm sure, but they don't lose memory abilities over time? How this could be considered ok when used for security related things?
    • fzzzy 6y ago
      I have floppies from 1983 that still work fine.
    • zaarn 6y ago
      They loose data over time. If you reformat them, they are fine accepting new data.