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The United States nuclear system still runs (in part) on eight-inch floppy disks

2016-05-26 20:59:48| Extremetech

The government's critical nuclear missile defense systems still rely on ancient 1970s-era technology -- but that's not as crazy as it might seem at first glance, even if it's long-since time to update the underlying hardware.

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