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points by snvzz 1 day ago | 0 comments
Replacing the drives with FlashFloppy would not be a crazy idea as a first step.
[–] xp84 5 hours ago
Problem is that kind of thing is usually made by and for hobbyists. So it would require a ton of certifications to prove that it’s ok for life or death stuff.
[–] snvzz 4 hours ago
And, of course, the current solution is formally proven fully reliable and has all these certifications.

(in which case, why replace)

[–] Jtsummers 1 day ago
You're going to run that on a computer from the late 1980s or early 1990s? And how do you get the data onto those computers when they're not connected to a network, or the same network, as your other systems?
[–] snvzz 13 hours ago
Are we talking about the same thing?[0]

0. https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy