When Sony stopped manufacturing new floppy disks in 2011, most assumed the outdated storage medium – of which there is only a finite, decreasing number left – would die off. Although from a ...

A portrait of Indianapolis humor icon David Letterman made of floppy disks will be displayed in downtown InterContinental ...

The new system will replace the original 1998 system, which requires three floppy disks to function on DOS. Yes, DOS. The Automatic Train Control System is designed to communicate with Muni Metro ...

Compact discs (and flying discs) are round, just like the letter c. Floppy disks are all lines and edges, just like k. Have ...

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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light rail off floppy disks.

The Municipal Transportation Agency board approved a new contract with Hitachi Rail to upgrade its existing train control ...

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light rail off floppy disks. The Muni Metro’s Automatic Train Control ...

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(TNS) — San Francisco transportation officials moved a step closer this past week to modernizing the train control system that runs the Muni Metro system, eventually ridding it of a system that ...

A multimillion-dollar state grant will eventually bring the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s floppy-disk-based subway train-control system into the 21st century. The SFMTA will ...