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San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks (arstechnica.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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See also: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/5-25-inch-floppy-disks-expected-to-help-run-san-francisco-trains-until-2030/ \ https://lemmy.ca/post/19158929

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, I understand the article to be saying that the Hitachi contract is for the train control system, including the software and equipment necessary for the operation of the train underground. The broader system upgrades include communications systems between trains and stations. At least how I read it.