FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Traffic Control

Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by lb1lf on Saturday November 07, 2026 @05:33AM (#50403306)

There's flash, and then there's flash.

Say, the Siemens PLCs I earn my living programming uses SD cards which range from 64kB to, uh, 128MB, methinks.

They still work after decades, so clearly, you can get long term reliable flash storage; just don't expect to be able to store your 4k holiday videos on them.

NOTAMs, on the other hand? Go ahead!

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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by bayindirh on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:40PM (#50416961)

> just don't expect to be able to store your 4k holiday videos on them.

SanDisk's Extreme Pro range will disagree with you on that front. I have never seen a worn out card out of that range.

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