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Floppy disks still fly—literally. Here’s why some airplanes in 2025 still rely on 1990s tech for navigation updates. Brands. Discover. Events. Newsletter. More. The Captable. AI Story.

The only thing missing from Grigar's collection is a PC that reads five-and-a-quarter-inch floppy disks, she says. Despite their ubiquity, the machines are surprisingly hard to find.

The Department of Transportation will build a “brand new air traffic control system” by 2028, Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday.

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.

Side note: a 48 TPI floppy disk is in all cases also a “double density” disk (DD), while a 96 TPI drive is most often also a “high density” floppy drive (HD). This has nothing to do with track ...

These stores typically have used 3.5-inch floppy disks for sale, and you can expect to pay around $0.25 per disk. No more than $0.50 each, else you’re being ripped off. Fredy Jacob / Unsplash ...

San Francisco transit officials have approved a $212 million overhaul of its aging train control system — which for decades has run on data stored by floppy disks. The Municipal Transportation ...

The new system will replace the original 1998 system, which requires three floppy disks to function on DOS. Yes, DOS. The only thing that ages worse than integral computer technology is milk.