Floppy disks linger in Linux through code cleanups, surviving in prisons, retro circles, and industry despite technological advances elsewhere.

In the era of floppy disks and early operating systems like CP/M and MS-DOS, A: and B: were reserved for floppy disk drives, ...

Most people don't realize it, but older technology powers much of our current infrastructure. Whether it is due to a lack of acceptable alternatives, costs, or just plain bureaucratic indifference, ...

I mean, hey, if it works. . . . I did find this quote curious: "The system is currently working just fine, but we know that with each increasing year, risk of data degradation on the floppy disks ...

Earlier this year, we reported that the German ICE railroad network was still using Microsoft's Windows 3.11, which launched in 1993, to help run parts of its services. Now there's word that one of ...

Many government agencies, U.S. and international alike, have a reputation for sometimes using tools that are horribly out of date. But according to a report from a congressional watchdog agency, a ...

The Muni Metro Automatic Train Control System (ATCS) is set to get an upgrade to its operations that will put it approximately five generations ahead of its current system, which now runs on 5.25-inch ...

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs the city's Muni Metro light rail, claims to be the first US agency to adopt floppy disks. But today, the SFMTA is eager to abandon its ...

The only thing that ages worse than integral computer technology is milk. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board approved a $212 million contract earlier this month to develop a new ...

The United States nuclear program still relies on computer systems that use 8-inch floppy disks, technology that went obsolete nearly 40 years ago, according to a report issued by the government’s ...

WTF?! Joining the list of organizations still using archaic technology is the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which has a train control system still reliant on floppy disks.