FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Traffic Control

Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by dd8601fn on Saturday November 07, 2026 @02:30AM (#50402453)

And I went through dozens looking for one that worked. Ymmv.

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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by cm2187 on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:42AM (#50402786)

Me too, and I didn't need to wait 30 years for that. They were corrupted when floppies were still the default.

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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by protimewaster on Saturday November 07, 2026 @10:10AM (#50405213)

My experience has been both. I remember, years ago, occasionally having the problem of going through many to find one with no bad sectors. But, a few years back, I dumped all my old floppies, and very few of them had issues.

I wonder if quality control was bad. It seems like the disks that were good 30 years ago are still good.

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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by MisterTea on Saturday November 07, 2026 @11:08AM (#50405693)

They didn't happen to be the cheapy-cheap cellophane wrapped disks? The ones that were like 20 bucks for 100? Or good brands like Verbatim, 3M or Sony?

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