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    Oct 2, 2020 storage floppies lifecycle

    I previously posted this in 2016 and posting the article again as the details are still valid today. In Atomic Floppies we see how a critical part of the national defense infrastructure rests on 40 year old, 8" floppy drives and disks (I’m guessing the actual disks are a little newer). The first question …

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  • Atomic floppies

    Oct 1, 2020 floppies storage media floppies nuclear weapons

    I previously posted this in 2016 and am posting the article again as the details are timeless. Reading the morning news I saw an article that piqued my interest. I had heard in previous news that the Air Force relied on floppy disks for some of the nuclear launch systems. Today TIME magazine took them to task on it in …

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