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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by SoftTalker on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:49PM (#50396586)
Aha so that answers my question about why they haven't at least switched to USB thumb drives for their sneakernet. These aren't PCs. Probably minicomputers such as a TI-990 or similar.
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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by dboreham on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:44PM (#50399494)
That said the 3.5" drives were actually electrically compatible with the double density 8" SA-800 drives.
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