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Before the Internet, most personal computer software was sold and distributed this way. First on 8-inch floppies, then on 5.25-inch disks with the Apple II and IBM PC, and finally on 3.5-inch disks.

Troubleshooting 3.5-inch floppy disks It’s actually pretty amazing that I can pop a disk from the 1980s into a Windows 11 PC sold this year and reasonably expect to read its data.

Even then, 8-inch floppies were passé. Those disks initially had 80 kilobytes of storage space, and were introduced in 1971 as an alternative to the punch cards used in large mainframe computers.

By Bernt Rostad Technology media Tom's Hardware said, 'It's not easy to seamlessly replace 30-year-old computer hardware while maintaining all the functionality of existing floppy disks.

Other systems have faced similar challenges. For instance, the U.S. Strategic Automated Command and Control System used 8-inch floppy disks until 2019 before switching to solid-state storage.

The German Navy is working on modernizing its Brandenburg-class F123 frigates, which means ending their reliance on 8-inch floppy disks. Earlier this month, Augen geradeaus! spotted a tender for ...

Another notable instance was the US Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS), which used 8-inch floppy disks until 2019 when it transitioned to solid-state storage solutions.

The country’s fleets of submarine frigates have operated on old-fashioned, 8-inch floppy disks since they were commissioned back in the 1990s.

Sony introduced the ubiquitous 3.5-inch floppy disk in 1981 and was their last manufacturer until they ended sales in 2011, as floppy disks were replaced by more efficient storage technology.