On 02/06 08:57 , Iznogoud wrote:
> > 
> > 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.

Given that the magnetic spots on them are so huge, it would make sense.

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