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6. Some of our missile silos have (had?) similarly antiquated technology.

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 02:24 PM

Sep 5

Who really knows, being as so much of the information is classified, but the military did admit a few years ago that they were using floppies (I believe they were truly ancient 8" disks--anyone remember those?) to run their computers. In a way, this may have even been somewhat beneficial; the systems were basically impossible to hack from the outside. And even if the enemy was able to sneak in a spy or two, the technology was so old that they would be hard-pressed in their ability to compromise it.

The last I heard was that the computers were in the process of being upgraded, but as I said, who really knows?

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BART system shuts down completely, creating transit nightmare [View all] lostincalifornia Sep 5 OP

Weren't they required to start the system every morning with 5" floppy disks? NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 5 #1

I came to ask that too IbogaProject Sep 5 #5

Some of our missile silos have (had?) similarly antiquated technology. keep_left Sep 5 #6

"I believe they were truly ancient 8" disks--anyone remember those?" mahatmakanejeeves Sep 5 #7

I remember that fondly, not to mention the Fairlight CMI... keep_left Sep 5 #8

They were 8" drives jmowreader Sep 5 #10

ded burn micro$soft AllaN01Bear Sep 5 #2

Good gawd! What a mess! littlemissmartypants Sep 5 #3

If this happens to you it can be a nightmare. Jacson6 Sep 5 #4

whoever decided to do this upgrade on a weekday should lose their job pimpbot Sep 5 #9

My bet is Trump asking Putin popsdenver Sep 5 #11