The German Navy is in want of a critical improve for its fleet of submarine frigates and we’re not speaking a couple of digital add or some type of software program patch. The nation’s fleets of submarine frigates have operated on old school, 8-inch floppy disks since they had been commissioned again within the Nineties.
Now the German Navy is looking for a approach to exchange the outdated disk system which might be “very important to the working of its Brandenburg class F123 frigates,” in accordance with Tom’s {Hardware}.
Changing the floppy disk system received’t be a straightforward activity. 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 prepare its codewords and Tamagotchi to coach its recruits in marine wildlife preservation?
Saab has been accountable for upkeep for Germany’s F123 frigate fleet since 2021, in accordance with a press launch. The frigates are designed to hunt for submarines in order 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 without cost.
A number of authorities establishments and packages have been on the floppy disk system for many years and lengthy after the outdated pc storage system has fallen out of basic use. Japan’s Digital Company introduced at the start 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 information? Let’s hope these disks aren’t tied to nuclear weapons entry… like they had been within the US.
