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re: US Nuke Program computers run on 8" floppy disks, with code from the 50s
Posted on 5/26/16 at 9:50 am to Napoleon
Posted on 5/26/16 at 9:50 am to Napoleon
This has nothing to do with reliability or security by obscurity and everything to do with the fact that the government truly sucks when it comes to funding maintenance and updates to programs. Blame congress, who is always more interested in shiny new shite.
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Posted on 5/26/16 at 9:52 am to PrivatePublic
however you can buy one for $1,500 on ebay
Vintage dual 8 inch HP9895A HPIB interface. Cabinet, power, fan.
Unit came from local university. Unit was tested and was functional. Some scratches on top cover.
Drive cable included. Drives are Control Data design/parts. I have diskets available as well.
Unit is heavy and will be shipped UPS ground. Shipping to be determined. Wait for invoice.
When new this unit would have been over $3000.00
Will ship with a used disk in the drives to protect the heads.
Unit weighs 60 pounds unboxed. Estimated boxed weight 75 pounds.
I have 1 more simular drive units availble to list if interested.
Vintage dual 8 inch HP9895A HPIB interface. Cabinet, power, fan.
Unit came from local university. Unit was tested and was functional. Some scratches on top cover.
Drive cable included. Drives are Control Data design/parts. I have diskets available as well.
Unit is heavy and will be shipped UPS ground. Shipping to be determined. Wait for invoice.
When new this unit would have been over $3000.00
Will ship with a used disk in the drives to protect the heads.
Unit weighs 60 pounds unboxed. Estimated boxed weight 75 pounds.
I have 1 more simular drive units availble to list if interested.
This post was edited on 5/26/16 at 9:53 am
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:32 am to PrivatePublic
quote:
This has nothing to do with reliability or security by obscurity and everything to do with the fact that the government truly sucks when it comes to funding maintenance and updates to programs. Blame congress, who is always more interested in shiny new shite.
If that were true, then why haven't they upgraded then? You're post is contradictally incorrect
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