San Francisco OKs $212M plan to finally replace aging train system run by floppy disks
The Municipal Transportation Agency board approved a new contract with Hitachi Rail to upgrade its existing train control ...
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Floppy Disks: A Brief History
The 8-inch would remain the norm for a few years, with storage capacity growing substantially to around 1.2 megabytes.
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San Francisco Will Pay $212 Million for Its Train System to Ditch Floppy Disks
The city’s light-rail system has used 5¼-inch floppy disks for nearly 40 years. Getting off them won't come cheap.
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San Francisco’s Transit to Spend $212 Million to Ditch Floppy Disks
In a major upgrade effort, San Francisco’s public transit system is investing $212 million to replace outdated floppy ...
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Floppy discs still run a U.S. metro? Japan steps in with 'project kill floppy'
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has approved a deal totaling up to $212 million with Hitachi Rail, ...
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San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks
Various other organizations have also been slow to ditch the dated storage format, including Japan, which only stopped using floppy disks in governmental systems in June, and the German navy ...
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Light rail in San Francisco: Farewell to floppy disks for 212 million US dollars
Information Technology and In-Service Support invited tenders for the development of an "emulating storage system to replace the floppy disk unit" for use on warships. Just a few years earlier ...