> > I'm told our nuclear ballistic missile systems still use 8" floppies. No > idea if it's true or not. > This. It was on MPR a few weeks/months ago. And the interesting fact is that those floppies may survive longer than some of the commodity hardware hard drives sold today. I remember the teletype from when I was a kid. OK, progress has been totally forward in this matter. Please do not take away my vinyl! (Record Store Day is only weeks away.)