vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoUS air traffic control enters the 21st century, starts to abandon floppy diskswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down18
arrow-up1335arrow-down1external-linkUS air traffic control enters the 21st century, starts to abandon floppy diskswww.theregister.comvegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squareFrenchgeek@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·20 hours agoApparently they believe an unreliable storage medium that hasn’t been manufactured in more than twenty years may not be trustworthy enough for a life critical system anymore. That, or finding “new” floppies is more expensive than making the switch…
Apparently they believe an unreliable storage medium that hasn’t been manufactured in more than twenty years may not be trustworthy enough for a life critical system anymore. That, or finding “new” floppies is more expensive than making the switch…