Japan has formally banned the use of floppy disks across their government. Despite the ban business is still booming for the last reseller of floppy disks, Tom Persky, and his business Floppydisk.com. In this video we look at the ban and talk with Tom about who's still using them. Spoiler: most are not retro computing enthusiasts! See more like this: http://lon.tv/ww , watch my latest videos: http://lon.tv/latest and subscribe! http://lon.tv/s

VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - Japan's Law - https://lon.tv/japanfloppy
01:24 - US Nukes and Floppies - https://lon.tv/floppynukes
01:59 - Floppies in Aircraft - https://lon.tv/floppy747
02:53 - Floppy Disk Drives Still Available! https://lon.tv/qotkm (affl. link)
03:22 - Apple's Floppy Support
04:58 - Opening a New Old Stock Floppy Disk Box
06:12 - Interview with Tom Persky of Floppydisk.com
06:44 - How floppydisk.com started
08:56 - Sourcing New old stock floppies
10:48 - Who uses floppy disks?
12:37 - Floppy Lifespans / Best Era for Floppy Quality
17:30 - Conclusion

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