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The problem is that those 8" floppies are not manufactured anymore. And floppies are not meant to be durable and reliable in the long term.
by 29athrowaway 6y ago
The problem is that those 8" floppies are not manufactured anymore. And floppies are not meant to be durable and reliable in the long term.
- p_l 6y agoThat's why they finally migrated away from them. But you can be certain that they had stocks of floppies and possibly floppy emulators for dealing with that issue while it was in operation, plus setting up a small scale production for 8" floppies is less problematic than many would assume. In comparison, the new and wonderful system from Lockheed that I mentioned? It pretty sure never ran in "production environment" properly, and I shudder to think how much it and its knock-on effects cost.