Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoSan Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disksarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technology[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linkSan Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disksarstechnica.comTodd Bonzalez@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology[email protected][email protected]
See also: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/5-25-inch-floppy-disks-expected-to-help-run-san-francisco-trains-until-2030/ \ https://lemmy.ca/post/19158929
minus-squareFanciestPants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·9 hours agoWho will carry on the knowledge of what the a:\ and b:\ drives were?
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours agoAnd why the floppy drive’s ribbon cable has a little twist in it??
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoNow I’m curious, why *does *the floppy drives cable have a little twist in it?
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoI’m not 100% sure off the top of my head, but the end result is that the drive is set to A: rather than B: in Windows. Something to do with the pins on the motherboard specifying the drive order.
minus-squarenucleative@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·50 minutes agoYou are correct. Later drives sometimes had a cable select dip switch/pin or different ports on the motherboard.
minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·9 hours agoI only teach my kids about /dev/fd0
minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 hours agoTeach your kids to play music with cat /dev/fd0 >/dev/snd.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 hours agoOh my god make it stop
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoThe CP/M gang, of course!
Who will carry on the knowledge of what the a:\ and b:\ drives were?
And why the floppy drive’s ribbon cable has a little twist in it??
Now I’m curious, why *does *the floppy drives cable have a little twist in it?
I’m not 100% sure off the top of my head, but the end result is that the drive is set to A: rather than B: in Windows. Something to do with the pins on the motherboard specifying the drive order.
You are correct. Later drives sometimes had a cable select dip switch/pin or different ports on the motherboard.
I only teach my kids about /dev/fd0
Teach your kids to play music with
cat /dev/fd0 >/dev/snd
.Oh my god make it stop
The CP/M gang, of course!