Post ASROMU33nFnKKRaTrc by funcrunch@mastodon.lol
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(DIR) Post #ASOJzU6yPUUOZbJdbM by CyberpunkLibrarian@hackers.town
2023-02-06T02:52:58Z
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San Francisco's Market Street subway...Runs off of floppy disks.And we're not talking those swanky high tech 3.5 inch floppy disks! No no....Five.And a quarter inch.Floppy.Disks.https://sfstandard.com/transportation/sfs-market-street-subway-runs-on-reagan-era-floppy-disks/
(DIR) Post #ASOM1R8kd0slqTCp28 by thinkStory@mastodon.green
2023-02-06T04:33:37Z
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@CyberpunkLibrarian @clive Jaw.On.Ground.
(DIR) Post #ASOM1RuxjlRmFzlKBE by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-06T04:39:05Z
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@thinkStory @CyberpunkLibrarian Right?
(DIR) Post #ASQcJAszmp8QEHEhWq by michelamarie@mastodon.social
2023-02-07T06:51:11Z
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@clive @thinkStory @CyberpunkLibrarian @funcrunch Honestly, such industrial control systems are meant to last decades, as well has to be highly resilient.It makes sense that as their functionality does not change substantially, these systems should not require major upgrades or replacement over their long lives.Moreover, industrial control systems are very expensive, so we should all want them to last a long time, shouldn’t we? 😉
(DIR) Post #ASROMU33nFnKKRaTrc by funcrunch@mastodon.lol
2023-02-07T09:46:05Z
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@michelamarie @clive @thinkStory @CyberpunkLibrarian If the software program(s) can still function well enough to do what's needed after 40+ years, that's impressive, and kudos to the original programmers. But running anything off of floppy disks does not seem advisable or sustainable to me.(I'm old enough to remember a time before PCs were widely available, FWIW.)
(DIR) Post #ASROMUbni5aG4BqE0u by clive@saturation.social
2023-02-07T15:50:17Z
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@CyberpunkLibrarian @funcrunch @michelamarie @thinkStory Yep, that level of longevity is amazing!