Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPrisoner laments reliance on floppy disks for appeals documents, limiting file sizes to 1.44 MB — prisoners allowed 20 floppy disks in cell, but USB flash sticks are banned in New Jersey systemwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down13
arrow-up1321arrow-down1external-linkPrisoner laments reliance on floppy disks for appeals documents, limiting file sizes to 1.44 MB — prisoners allowed 20 floppy disks in cell, but USB flash sticks are banned in New Jersey systemwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoDo we really want prison officials driving around looking for more floppy disks and a drive from 1985?
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoFloppy disks were still in use well into the 2000s. They were required to install XP if you needed raid drivers.
Do we really want prison officials driving around looking for more floppy disks and a drive from 1985?
Floppy disks were still in use well into the 2000s. They were required to install XP if you needed raid drivers.