Comp Sci - Storage by IBM & Sony By umfien 1963 IBM develops read-only 80KB floppy disk drive Info & Photo source: Computer History Museum - click to go to their website 1981 Sony introduces the first 3 ½-inch floppy drives Info & Photo Source: Computer History Museum - click to go to their website 1982 Sony CD-ROMs (550MB) Info & Photo Source: Computer History Museum - click to go to their website 1984 IBM makes high density (1.2MB) floppy disk Info source: IBM - click to go to their website 1986 IBM introduces the 3-1/2 inch floppy disk (1.44MB) Info source: IBM - click to go to their website 1997 Compact Disc-ReWritable (CD-RW) Info & Photo source: Computer History Museum - click to go to their website 2000 USB Flash Drives Info & Photo source: Computer History Museum - click to go to their website Period: 2004 to 2008 high schoolers born 2011 Floppy Disks stop being manufactured (Sony was the last to make them) Info source: IBM - click to go to their website
