The FAA will no longer use Windows 95 for air traffic control. Floppy disks, another tech relic, will also be canned—something that should have happened a long time ago, one would think.

Herbert's interest is in machines from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, and he has encountered a lot of software stored on punched paper tape. Wound loosely, there's a good chance the code can still be read ...

At the Centre for Computing History, Adrian Page-Mitchell reported challenges with 3.5-inch floppy disks, where brittle plastics and off-gassing can affect the media inside. Page-Mitchell also ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is moving to overhaul the nation’s aging air traffic control (ATC) system, which still relies on outdated technology, including Windows 95 computers and ...

The FAA isn't alone in clinging to floppy disk technology. San Francisco's train control system still runs on DOS loaded from 5.25-inch floppy disks, with upgrades not expected until 2030 due to ...

In brief: It's 2025, and the FAA has decided it's time to stop using floppy disks and Windows 95 for air traffic control. The head of the agency, Chris Rocheleau, wants to replace the archaic ...

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The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.

"No more floppy disks or paper strips." It's a goal that has eluded all of Rocheleau's predecessors. Walking into many of the nation's air traffic control towers is like stepping back in time.

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.

"No more floppy disks or paper strips." It's a goal that has eluded all of Rocheleau's predecessors. Walking into many of the nation's air traffic control towers is like stepping back in time.