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Leading the world in technology and ecological transit.. on 3.5"

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Leading the world in technology and ecological transit.. on 3.5"

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SFMTA's train system running on floppy disks; city fears 'catastrophic failure' before upgrade

SFMTA's train system in San Francisco is not only relying on humans to run it, but turns out that a floppy disk has been playing a key role for decades.

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That feeling was so good… better than that loosie goosie 5.25 literal floppy bullshit having to flip the latch and whatnot.

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