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US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028 (www.reuters.com)
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[–] 14 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Read the article..still don't know what kind of floppies? Those big huge 8", 5.25", or those little bitty ones.?

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  • [–] 8 points 10 hours ago

    I used to work in maintenance on ATC systems. The system the controllers use to interact with radios and telephones still used 3.5" floppies for the weekly data backup.

    I can remember upgrading the system from Win 3.1 to XP in like 2012.

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