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09-20-2022, 07:26 AM

Excargodog

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Suspicions confirmed…

My experience with Part 121 IT departments…

09-20-2022, 10:22 AM

rickair7777

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This forum is supposed to be about *new* technology lol

09-20-2022, 11:00 AM

JohnBurke

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There are still a lot of data loaders using floppy disks for FMC loads. A maintenance issue that comes up when doing the loads is that of a dirty data loader, which is addressed by a cleaning disk. Those kits used to be plentiful. Not so much, now.

09-21-2022, 03:27 AM

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A long time ago, someone told me that the FAA (via ATC) was the largest consumer of vacuum tubes.

09-21-2022, 06:53 AM

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I still have new technology, Hollerith (aka punch) cards, used for programming computers, in my storage boxes at home. I remember analog computers with jumpers on a plug board.

09-21-2022, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TransWorld

I still have new technology, Hollerith (aka punch) cards, used for programming computers, in my storage boxes at home. I remember analog computers with jumpers on a plug board.

Haha, I played with punch cards at my Dad's office when I was a little kid. I think I still have some of the larger floppy disks from HS and college in a closet.