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something for rubl..... Oct 25, 2017 10:29:44 GMT 7 smokie36 likes this

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The US military’s nuclear arsenal is controlled by computers built in the 1970s that still use 8in floppy disks.

A report into the state of the US government, released by congressional investigators, has revealed that the country is spending around $60bn (£40.8bn) to maintain museum-ready computers, which many do not even know how to operate any more, as their creators retire.rt quote here

www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/26/us-nuclear-arsenal-controlled-by-1970s-computers-8in-floppy-disks

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smokie36 Vigilante Posts: 15,810 Likes: 9,202	something for rubl..... Oct 25, 2017 12:25:29 GMT 7 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by smokie36 on Oct 25, 2017 12:25:29 GMT 7 Uncle rubl knows all about floppy.
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me Crazy Mango Extraordinaire Posts: 6,342 Likes: 3,980	something for rubl..... Oct 25, 2017 12:55:33 GMT 7 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by me on Oct 25, 2017 12:55:33 GMT 7 Oct 25, 2017 12:25:29 GMT 7 smokie36 said: Uncle rubl knows all about floppy. big ones?
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something for rubl..... Oct 25, 2017 14:11:40 GMT 7 via mobile

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Oct 25, 2017 12:55:33 GMT 7 me said:

Oct 25, 2017 12:25:29 GMT 7 smokie36 said:

Uncle rubl knows all about floppy.

big ones?

Apparently his was large back in those days....at least that's what he says when he's out in the bars of Patpong.

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something for rubl..... Oct 28, 2017 12:11:32 GMT 7 smokie36 likes this

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I'm from a time when we had packs of them, hard and real big ones also. Now that was a time when 'head' crashes were really audible

www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/roger.broughton/museum/DASD/200426.htm

Mind you, this is old news, seems to get reported every once in a while. So, apart from Russia, China and NK would anyone be more happy if the US Military used Windows/xP instead ?

"America’s nuclear arsenal still runs off of 8-inch floppy discs
BY GRAHAM TEMPLETON 04.30.2014 :: 8:00AM EDT"
www.geek.com/chips/americas-nuclear-arsenal-still-runs-off-of-8-inch-floppy-discs-1592596/

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