8 inch floppies

Robert Grabau ragrabau at gmail.com
Sat Oct 26 16:35:50 CDT 2019


My question is where can I get the disk drives?


On 10/26/2019 3:43 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
> The far more interesting question is just how many nuclear devices 
> were "missing" in the recount....
>
> CZ
>
> On 10/26/2019 11:28 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
>> At 09:43 PM 10/25/2019, you wrote:
>>> Hidden behind a NYTimes paywall, . . .
>>> news yesterday that the 8 inch drive nuclear weapions system has now 
>>> been updated.
>>
>> And what media or method did they upgrade to?  Top secret?
>>
>> Here's a different version of the story:
>>
>> <https://www.c4isrnet.com/air/2019/10/17/the-us-nuclear-forces-dr-strangelove-era-messaging-system-finally-got-rid-of-its-floppy-disks/>https://www.c4isrnet.com/air/2019/10/17/the-us-nuclear-forces-dr-strangelove-era-messaging-system-finally-got-rid-of-its-floppy-disks/ 
>>
>>
>> - John
>>
>>

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