• floofloof@lemmy.caOP
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    7 months ago

    There are many replacements for disk drives available where you can just use memory cards instead, and the old system won’t notice the difference. It’s odd that they used 5.25" floppies in 1998 in the first place, and odd that they don’t take this simple step to make the system more reliable and maintainable.

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      7 months ago

      Yeah, I’m guessing there must be some archaic code in their system (probably undocumented and which no one understands) keeping them from taking that step. I’ve worked in the embroidery industry for quite a while and our machines used 3.5 inch floppies for years. We finally upgraded to a drop-in USB replacement like 5 years ago.

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      7 months ago

      They are obviously of the “If-It-Ain’t-Broke-Don’t-Fix-It” people. A once dominant group, they also age slowly, have the longest memories and loquaciously share them.