Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoOn the Wikipedia 'Comparisons of Operating Systems' page, it says that MCP, originally developed by Burroughs in 1961, had its last stable release in 2021. What is it still being used for?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up175arrow-down1imageOn the Wikipedia 'Comparisons of Operating Systems' page, it says that MCP, originally developed by Burroughs in 1961, had its last stable release in 2021. What is it still being used for?lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoBest guess would be banking systems and older defense systems. e.g. until 2019, the US nuclear command systems still used 8" floppy disks from the 70s.
minus-squareCobrachicken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoThats probably the cause the price of these floppies was so high back then, they needed replacements ;-) /s
Best guess would be banking systems and older defense systems. e.g. until 2019, the US nuclear command systems still used 8" floppy disks from the 70s.
Thats probably the cause the price of these floppies was so high back then, they needed replacements ;-) /s