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.

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, ...

In this episode of [Adrian’s Digital Basement], we dive into the world of retro computing with a focus on diagnosing and repairing an old full-height 5.25-inch floppy drive from an IBM 5150 s… ...

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; ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Floppy disk business still booming for one company serving the embroidery, airline industries relying on 90s-era tech. Floppydisk.com, a California-based online disk recycling service, ...

In honour of the floppy disk, MailOnline reveals the retro tech that older generations still have trouble saying goodbye to - while baffling the kids of today.

Many more original 8-inch floppy disks are in his to-archive queue, including what he believes could be a complete set of MicroPro products such as WordStar and SpellStar—some of the earliest ...