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German Navy Replaces Old 8-Inch Floppy Drives on Frigates
The German Navy is seeking a new storage system to replace its old 8-inch floppy disks on its Brandenburg class F123 frigates. These frigates, vital for anti-submarine warfare, still use floppy disks for crucial functions like propulsion and power generation. Replacing Floppy Disks with Modern Solutions According to a tender…
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Boeing 747’s Still Use Floppy Disks For Critical Updates
Are you planning on taking a flight in the very near future? Because if you are, and are something of a nervous flyer, you might not want to read this. So, if that is the case, why not check out this nice ‘feel good’ story instead. Still here? Well, in…
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The US Military Stops Using Floppy Disks For Nuclear Launches
It’s always mildly disconcerting when you hear that a rather antiquated piece of technology is still in use for a particularly important job and in terms of computing, it doesn’t get much more antiquated than floppy disks. Well, perhaps with the exception of cassette tapes. There is, however, always the…
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Leisure Suit Larry Creator Auctions Original Source Floppies
Leisure Suit Larry Creator Auctions Original Source Floppies These days, Al Lowe may not be one of the first names you would reel off in a list of iconic video game developers. It is, however, hard to understate what an impact he had on the industry. Working at Sierra (Sierra…
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ISS Clean Out Reveals 20 Year Old Floppy Disks
ISS Clean Out Reveals 20 Year Old Floppy Disks The International Space Station is set to shortly celebrate its 20th Birthday. Yes, incredibly, it has been 20 years now since the station opened and in terms of human achievements, it’s certainly up there with some of the best. Despite the…
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