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.

Electronics Hardware old school floppy disk FAA finally replacing floppy disks and Windows 95 in air traffic control systems Better late than never By Rob Thubron June 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM 27 comments ...

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.

Hoffman's song for DiskFight starts slow and builds to match the rising intensity of the game. The tune in question, called Disk Menace, is an Amiga-generated drum and bass song that does get quite ...

If you're like most people, you probably haven't thought about the humble floppy disk in decades. But they're not totally dead yet; here's the story.

If you are planning a flight to the USA in the near future, you should know this: Without Windows 95 and floppy discs, many planes do not reach their destination. The US air traffic control ...

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 ...

US air traffic control systems are to get an upgrade, finally ending the use of 30-year-old operating system Windows 95, and dispensing with floppy disks and paper strips in the process.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as reported by NPR, is looking to ditch the ancient technology of floppy disks and bring its tech practices more in line with the modern age.

Even that will run into problems at some point. E.g. for a long long time intel and AMD made it possible to build motherboards with fully functioning ISA slots based on modern CPUs and chipsets ...

US nuclear force still uses floppy disks Episode 160621 / 21 Jun 2016 Step 1: Listen You're going to hear a genuine BBC news report from 26 May, 2016. Before you listen, read these three summaries: 1.