but a de facto standard emerged as clones of the Shuggart drives used by IBM. It’s a modified version of this interface that can be found in a PC floppy controller. While there is enough ...

After it was upgraded to 1.2MB in 1984, 360KB diskettes were still used to distribute software, because 1.2MB drives supported both formats. The 720KB 3.5" floppy was introduced on IBM's ...

[gilmour509] posted a thorough gallery of a new custom-built computer ... like a 1995 IBM Aptiva. While the whole build is impressive, the most clever part involves a 3 1/2″ floppy disk that ...

Shugart himself left IBM and transitioned to Memorex in 1972, helping the company deliver the first commercially available read-write floppy disk drive (the Memorex 650). A hallmark of computer ...

Aimed at the IBM PC, the Brain virus only slowed down the floppy disk drive and did no other damage. By replacing the boot sector in the floppy disk, a message would display claiming infection and ...

a floppy disk drive, a touchpad-like pointer, and a 300-baud modem. Although it was anything but small by today's standards, the Gavilan SC was more compact than rival IBM PC-compatible portable ...

Since Floppy Disk was the first hard drive to store the data and run the computer programs, it was named with the letter A and was introduced by IBM. The Floppy Disk had only 1.44 MB storage capacity.

In the late 1960s, IBM engineers Alan Shugart and David ... Then, in 1976, a guy named Steve Wozniak wanted to add a floppy drive to his next computer. His buddy, Steve Jobs, got a 5.25-inch ...