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Boeing 747s Still Use Floppy Disks to Get Critical Software Updates
It’s been approximately 12 million years since most of us last used a floppy disk, but apparently, the antiquated tech still plays a critical role in delivering software updates to Boeing’s 747-400 planes. The discovery comes courtesy of cybersecurity firm Pen Test Partners and was initially spotted by The Register. As part of this year’s virtual DEF CON hacker conference, Pen Test Partners showed off a video walkthrough of a British Airways 747 after the airline decided to retire its entire… (gizmodo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
People seem surprised that an aircraft designed in the 1980s uses technology from the 1980s.
Exactly... Why upgrade or Fix what is not broken... The USB is still takes about 30 minutes. It is not the speed or the technology of how fast something can push the data in, but how fast it can take it. In experience, using Floppy or USB has 1 big difference... Swappy Floppy Disks or waiting on a USB... the only advantage I see over USB is that you can start 1 and go to the next, come back 30 minutes later. Surprisingly, Both take about the same amount of time to update. USB means I can do something else, vs waiting to swap to the next disk, and that is the only advantage.
if your computer takes 30min to DL 1.44mb from a USB stick. well you really get scammed.
Downloading from a USB is way faster than a floppy whatever the size of data.
Downloading from a USB is way faster than a floppy whatever the size of data.
Generally, yes. But it depends on what the system is doing during the download time. If it's saving old configurations, and wiping memory, etc, it can take a bit of time, depending on how long that whole process takes. I had a Windows Server update take over 4 hours. Microsoft said, when I called, 'Yeah, that one can take a while to install, depending on what you use the server for'. FOUR HOURS? That is an eternity when you're waiting for it to finish during a work day. Yikes...
Had to purchase a new laptop a couple of years ago. Could only afford an AMD chip machine instead of an Intel chip machine. Some days I can start it up, go use the facilities, & still not ready to go when I return
floppies can't be hacked or given a virus = unless it was already on the disk. I still use my 8.75" disks
Wow, you still have a working drive to read and write those?? From an old retired IT guy, that’s awesome!!
Also have an IBM Selectric typewritter
I have my late Father’s Royal manual typewriter he used in college during the early-mid 50’s
Good for you... those are the best not the S..t the sell us today !!!