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Title: Last Floppy-Disk Seller Says Airlines Still Order the Old Tech
Post by: rcjordan on September 20, 2022, 01:26:05 PM

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/09/20/0050245/last-floppy-disk-seller-says-airlines-still-order-the-old-tech
Title: Re: Last Floppy-Disk Seller Says Airlines Still Order the Old Tech
Post by: rcjordan on September 20, 2022, 02:34:11 PM
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SF: IT capital of the USA: Without DOS and Windows 98, no trains run

https://techaint.com/2022/09/20/it-capital-of-the-usa-without-dos-and-windows-98-no-trains-run/
Title: Re: Last Floppy-Disk Seller Says Airlines Still Order the Old Tech
Post by: ergophobe on September 20, 2022, 04:18:01 PM
Forwarded to a friend who turns 80 next month and used to be the director (assistant director?) of academic computing at a university.
Title: Re: Last Floppy-Disk Seller Says Airlines Still Order the Old Tech
Post by: Brad on September 20, 2022, 09:17:26 PM
I kind miss floppy disk drives.  They were handy for small files. 
Title: Re: Last Floppy-Disk Seller Says Airlines Still Order the Old Tech
Post by: rcjordan on September 20, 2022, 11:02:55 PM
The IBM system I installed at the wholesale firm in the 80s used 8-inch floppies.
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