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US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028 (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 days ago by _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days 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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