The prices of the cabins that are still in use on some airlines have multiplied many times over the course of twenty years.
The trunks were developed around the mid-80s. Below Hryhorieva / Alamy Stock Photo
Even at the turn of the millennium, korpus, or three-and-a-half-inch floppy disks, are still in use in many industries. The lack of floppies causes problems. The online magazine tells about it Wired.
To refresh the memory of some, let me tell you that it is a case of a recording icon-like capping. They most often had space 1.44 megabytes i.e. 0.00144 gigabytes.
Corbuses are still used by certain aircraft and medical equipment, among other things. The biggest need for scraps is for companies using CNC milling machines and embroidery machines.
In airplanes, scraps are still used, for example, in navigation and runway information.
Finnair still has scraps in use
Finnair tells Iltalehti that their planes last had hopper stations in 2016. They still have hoppers in use.
– In our Airbus fleet, crumb stations were in use until 2016. After that, they were abandoned and we switched to newer technology, he says Johanna Joutsiniemi An email to Iltalehte about Finnair’s communications.
Joutsiniemi continues that the packages will continue to provide software for some of the aircraft. The information contained in the floppy disks is not taken directly to the computer with the roms, but is forwarded via a web server.
Upgrade possible, but expensive
Updating to a newer data transfer method, such as a memory stick or wireless data transfer, is possible for certain devices, but not for all.
Devices that still use chips can be less than 20 years old, and still work well. These can be very valuable.
Some devices cannot be updated. These devices will require the use of breadcrumbs in the future as well.
The value of Korppu floppy disks has increased
If you have a large amount of new scraps in your inventory, it can be a real gold mine.
Founder of Floppydisk.com Tom Persky tells Wired that he sells about 1,000 breadcrumbs a day. Less than 25 years ago, he said, he was buying shiploads of breadcrumbs for $0.07 each. Today, he sells them forward for a dollar.
Sony stopped of the production of korppu floppy disks in 2010, which was the last mass producer of korppu.