David Bridges
The German Navy is in want of a severe improve for its fleet of submarine frigates and we’re not speaking a few digital add or some form of software program patch. The nation’s fleets of submarine frigates have operated on old style, 8-inch floppy disks since they had been commissioned again within the Nineteen Nineties.
Now the German Navy is looking for a option to substitute the outdated disk system which are “important to the operating of its Brandenburg class F123 frigates,” in accordance with Tom’s {Hardware}.
Changing the floppy disk system received’t be a straightforward job. These disks just about management every part on the ships from airflow techniques to energy technology. Does the German Navy nonetheless use Palm Pilots to arrange its codewords and Tamagotchi to coach its recruits in marine wildlife preservation?
Saab has been in control of upkeep for Germany’s F123 frigate fleet since 2021, in accordance with a press launch. The frigates are designed to hunt for submarines so that they’re additionally getting upgrades for its weapons and weapon management techniques. Hopefully, they’ll additionally throw in a type of cool, luxurious evening panel dashboards free of charge.
A whole lot of authorities establishments and applications have been on the floppy disk system for many years and lengthy after the outdated laptop storage system has fallen out of common use. Japan’s Digital Company introduced initially of the month that it eradicated using floppy disks in its authorities techniques. Does that imply that someplace on the planet, a core authorities company remains to be utilizing these Commodore cassette tapes to retailer its most significant knowledge? Let’s hope these disks aren’t tied to nuclear weapons entry… like they had been within the US.
Daniel Mercer
