In this engaging #shorts video, we explore the intriguing story behind the classic floppy disk and its potential for revival. Can this nostalgic piece of tech be saved or find a new purpose in today's ...

An effort to privatize U.S. air traffic control in 2017 never took off. Now the aviation industry is uniting behind the Trump ...

Ancient technologies like Windows XP, Commodore 64, and legacy COBOL programs are still being used for all kinds of critical functions, and here’s another example to add to the list. The US ...

For example, the disks were used by the Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS), which coordinates the operations of the US’s nuclear missiles and bombers, right up until 2019.

Hours-long delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport are being addressed with a $15 billion framework to fast-track aviation infrastructure upgrades, while the FAA relies on … ...

While other countries have embraced digital displays and infrared-based systems, American air traffic controllers are trained to use paper strips, floppy disks and World War II-era radar technology.

A floppy disk might seem like a thing of the past, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still uses them to manage flight. Here's why.

Buying a 3.5-inch floppy drive today Windows 11 computers don’t come with floppy drives, so if you want to use floppy disks on a modern PC, you’ll need to buy a floppy drive.

Floppy disks, once the pinnacle of portable data storage, have been obsolete for decades. When I first began writing about hardware and software for PC Home magazine in the UK, I used to hand my ...

The operator of the light rail system in San Francisco will pay 212 million US dollars (around 196 million euros) to update its control system to one that is no longer based on 5.25″ floppy disks.

Beyond Floppy Disks And Fax Machines: Modernizing Immunization Information Systems Angela K. Shen Kristina Crane Rebecca Coyle October 23, 2024 10.1377/forefront.20241021.584203 Sections ...

So he’s gathered it all for us in one place. Low-level disk access has a lot of subtle details. For example, the Mac calibrates its speed control on boot.