> 
> I'm told our nuclear ballistic missile systems still use 8" floppies. No
> idea if it's true or not.
>

This. It was on MPR a few weeks/months ago. And the interesting fact is that
those floppies may survive longer than some of the commodity hardware hard
drives sold today.

I remember the teletype from when I was a kid. OK, progress has been totally
forward in this matter.

Please do not take away my vinyl! (Record Store Day is only weeks away.)