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A simple floppy disk in the then common 5.25 inch format with the inscription "AIDS Information – Introductory Diskette 2.0" marked the beginning of a new business model 35 years ago that now ...

The city’s light-rail system has used 5¼-inch floppy disks for nearly 40 years. Getting off them won't come cheap.

Next stop: the new millennium San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks Muni Metro also plans to ditch super-slow loop cable communication system.

San Francisco uses floppy disks in its train control system, and the US Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS) also relied on 8-inch floppy disks until 2019.

Other systems have faced similar challenges. For instance, the U.S. Strategic Automated Command and Control System used 8-inch floppy disks until 2019 before switching to solid-state storage.

Scharon Harding – Jul 12, 2024 12:59 PM | 205 An example of an 8-inch floppy disk. It's unclear which brand disks the German Navy uses. Credit: Cromemco, CC BY-SA 4.0 ...

Generally in the size of 8-inch, 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy disks have been used for storing files ranging between 80kb to 200Mb. The 3.5-inch HiFD was launched in 1998-99 and can store files ...

Oh, the exciting life I've led! In either case, it would have been a single-sided, 8-inch floppy disk, which held an amazing 79.7 KiloBytes (KB) of data.

Many 8-inch floppy drives use different sockets and pinouts for power delivery. They also required power lines with up to 24V DC, some may need -5V DC lines and others even need a direct 120V/230V AC ...

On the other hand, 8-inch disks, some 5.25-inch disks, and 3.5-inch drives were said to be running at 360 revolutions per minute.