Floppy and USB Timeline By brittany.white-malloy Jan 1, 1971 8-inch: IBM 23FD Jan 1, 1972 8-inch: Memorex 650 Jan 1, 1973 8-inch: SSSDIBM 33FD/Shugart 901 Jan 1, 1976 8-inch: DSSDIBM 43FD/Shugart 850 Jan 1, 1976 5¼-inch (35 track) Shugart SA 400 Jan 1, 1977 8-inch DSDDIBM 53FD / Shugart 850 Jan 1, 1978 5¼-inch DD Jan 1, 1978 5¼-inch Apple Disk II Jan 1, 1979 5¼-inch Atari DOS 2.0S Jan 1, 1980 5¼-inch Apple Disk II Jan 1, 1982 3½-inch HP single sided Jan 1, 1982 3-inch Jan 1, 1982 5¼-inch RX50 Jan 1, 1982 5¼-inch HD Jan 1, 1983 5¼-inch Atari DOS 3 Jan 1, 1983 3½-inch SS Jan 1, 1984 3½-inch DS DD Jan 1, 1984 3-inch DD Jan 1, 1985 3-inch Mitsumi Quick Disk Jan 1, 1986 2 1⁄2-inch Jan 1, 1986 5¼-inch Perpendicular Jan 1, 1987 3½-inch HD Jan 1, 1987 3½-inch ED Jan 1, 1989 2-inch Jan 1, 1991 3½-inch Floptical (LS) Jan 1, 1996 3½-inch Superdisk (LS-120) Jan 1, 1997 3½-inch Superdisk (LS-240) Jan 1, 1999 3½-inch HiFD