Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug

#KRITIS Sektor #Transport und #Verkehr

San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch #floppy disks

"Muni #Metro also plans to ditch super-slow loop cable communication system...The Muni Metro’s Automatic Train Control System (#ATCS) has required 5¼-inch floppy disks since 1998, when it was installed at San Francisco’s Market Street #subway station."
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/212-million-contract-will-finally-get-san-francisco-trains-off-floppy-disks/

San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks

Muni Metro also plans to ditch super-slow loop cable communication system.

Ars Technica
Oct 27, 2024 at 9:10amWeb
Show threadDJGummikuhOct 27, 2024
@HonkHase here's what I don't get: 1998, 5 1/4" disks were already deprecated for around a decade by 3 1/2 disks, why did they install such a system in '98?
Show threadManuel 'HonkHase' AtugOct 27, 2024
@DJGummikuh Design and proposal and building + certifucation needs years? ;)
Show threadDJGummikuhOct 27, 2024
@HonkHase sure, but over a decade? I remember the first laptop of my dad (with b/w display) already only having 3 1/2, I'm pretty certain that was around that time, which means that 3 1/2 Floppies must've been around quite a bit longer
Show threadRecumbent TravellerOct 27, 2024
@HonkHase Did they apply a pentest?