return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFAA to finally ditch floppy disks in what it calls "historic" tech upgradearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down11
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minus-squareCapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·2 days agoThis is at least as disturbing as it is reassuring.
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoBe more disturbed that the Minuteman III missiles, one leg of the nuclear triad, rely on the big 8 inch floppies in their launch control systems. The replacement missiles will not enter service until the “early 2030s.”
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days ago FAA information display systems to be floppy-free at 435 sites by end of 2028. not so fast!
This is at least as disturbing as it is reassuring.
Be more disturbed that the Minuteman III missiles, one leg of the nuclear triad, rely on the big 8 inch floppies in their launch control systems.
The replacement missiles will not enter service until the “early 2030s.”
not so fast!