Floppy and USB drives.

By jjennings0123

  • Earliest floppy Disk

    8 inches in diameter, became commercial in the 1970s. Type 1 Diskette

  • 5-1/2" FDD

    Shugart Associates creates the first 5-1/2" FDD.

  • 1.2MB floppy drive

    1.2 MB 5.25-inch, 2-sided, 15-sector

  • Manufactoring of FDD

    More then 10 compqanies were creating FDDs

  • 360K Floppy drive

    360K 5.25-inch, 2-sided, 9-sector

  • 500Kb Floppy Drive

    3½-inch SS (DD at release)

  • IBM

    1.2 MB dual-sided floppy disk is introduced and the AT model.

  • Microfloppy Disk

    IBM begins using the microfloppy disk in its convertable laptop.

  • 240mb Floppy Drive

    3½-inch Superdisk (LS-240)