Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down13cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1384arrow-down1external-linkThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square75fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoOne thing came to mind, Irreplaceable infrastructure computer systems from decades ago. There are powerplants and oil rigs that use computer from decades ago which is irreplaceable (either due to technical or cost effective).
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago either due to technical or cost effective Mainly due to proprietary hardware+software solutions which cannot be ported now and remaking them with new hardware will require redoing the same processes as before (probably with additional stuff added by later laws) all over again.
One thing came to mind, Irreplaceable infrastructure computer systems from decades ago.
There are powerplants and oil rigs that use computer from decades ago which is irreplaceable (either due to technical or cost effective).
Mainly due to proprietary hardware+software solutions which cannot be ported now and remaking them with new hardware will require redoing the same processes as before (probably with additional stuff added by later laws) all over again.