FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Traffic Control

Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by y1n0 on Saturday November 07, 2026 @02:05AM (#50402323)

That's how it was named. The bootscreen didn't say Apple IIe. It's Apple //e. with slashes. That's how it was in all the docs and any software and the bootrom.

Call it weird if you want, but that's what the name was.

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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by otterley on Saturday November 07, 2026 @11:38AM (#50405883)

First, the cover uses italic sans-serif “I” characters, not forward slashes. It’s pretty clear if you’re familiar with typography.

Second, the body of the document uses neither. It uses the standard upright I character.

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