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		ralphc 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic ... I get having to use old software, but why did they pick Windows 95 and not NT, which is more robust?

p_l 4 months ago [–]

It's possible that what is actually going is that the Windows 95 serves as "bootloader" for something like VxWorks - KUKA robots with KRC-1 controllers do something similar.

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