Invented by Alan Shugart at IBM in 1967, the original floppy disk design measured ... known standard by the late 80s. Other less common formats of 3.5-inch floppy drives were the Imation Superdisk ...

Hey, trust me, that was a big deal then when our other portable storage choices were IBM 12-row/80 ... a floppy drive to his next computer. His buddy, Steve Jobs, got a 5.25-inch floppy disk ...

(1) An earlier category of high-capacity floppy-like disk drives. In the early 1990s, the failed Floptical disk was the first. Later, the Zip drive fell into the super floppy category. See Zip ...

While the whole build is impressive, the most clever part involves a 3 1/2″ floppy disk that hides an SD card and works like a regular USB flash drive when inserted into the floppy drive.

Early home PCs usually had a floppy disk and ... he calls the “USB of the 80s.” Historically, Shugart — a maker of disks — was tired of producing custom drive electronics for each device ...