The Municipal Transportation Agency board approved a new contract with Hitachi Rail to upgrade its existing train control ...

Graham Tinkers has created a Raspberry Pi-powered system that automatically backs up stacks of floppy disks and takes a picture of the label as it goes.

A cheap 8 GB USB thumb drive gave you far more storage, after all. So, now they remain something of a curio for those ...

In a major upgrade effort, San Francisco’s public transit system is investing $212 million to replace outdated floppy ...

This flash drive, on the other hand, costs $25 and stores 128GB, the equivalent of almost 89,000 of those floppy disks. This model sports both USB-A and USB-C connectors, so it'll work with any ...

The Muni Metro in San Francisco was recently approved for an update that would transition it from a control system using ...

The contract entails that Hitachi Rail will transition the ATCS from its current 5.25-inch floppy disk system to one that uses Wi-Fi and cell signals to track exact train locations. The deal is ...

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The city’s light-rail system has used 5¼-inch floppy disks for nearly 40 years. Getting off them won't come cheap.