Despite the age of the technology, these floppy disks have proven to still be effective at the expense of speed. The Verge reports that Boeing’s more modern aircraft like the 777X, 787, and 737 ...

Read how the floppy disk still has some use in several important industries despite being deemed obsolete. ... Considering a 747 jumbo jet can hold as many as 524 passengers, ...

British Airways and a few other airlines that operate the Boeing 747-400 still update the aging jumbo jet's avionics ... which requires three floppy disks to function on DOS. Yes, DOS. Latest; ...

Paper strips, floppy disks, and 1940’s tech: Let’s modernize our air traffic system ... The U.S. still relies on outdated, decades-old technology to maneuver jumbo jets.

The VHD makes the 3.5-inch floppy look like a disk for ants. "Big" doesn't do it justice. ... the VHD probably looks like a comically jumbo cardboard Best Buy standee.

New storage systems, coupled with a need to store more than the 1.44 megabytes of data held by a standard floppy, have led to its demise. Only a tiny percentage of PCs currently sold still have floppy ...

Until 2019, the computer system that controlled the USA’s nuclear arsenal famously relied on eight-inch floppy disks, a format you probably have to be in your fifties to have ever laid eyes on.

It may seem incredible, but the giant Boeing 747 is still using the old-fashioned floppy disk to update its software. And it's unlikely to change. Here's why.