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Floppy Disk

By Andrew$C.
  • Invente

    Invente

    The floppy disk drive (FDD) (8-inch disk(as it got smaller it was later called a "diskette")) was invented by Alan Shugart at IBM
    (340/360KB-1.2MB)
  • Personal use

    Personal use

    the 8-inch started to showing up for personal use
  • Available now on...

    Available now on...

    the Apple II could come with 5.25 floppy disk drives which was added for a "smaller,cheaper, and better portable data storage"
  • Level-Up (8 -> 5.25)

    Level-Up (8 -> 5.25)

    8-inch upgraded to a 5.25-inch
    (1-2 160 K(kilobytes))
  • 3.5 (Winner)

    3.5 (Winner)

    The 3.5-inch by Sony proved to be the winner
    (720 K)
  • Period: to

    The 80s

    Floppy disk became the preferred portable storage format with tape as a business back-up

  • 3.5 (Released)

    wasn't released 'til 1982

  • Doubled sided

    introduced, they could hold 360 K
  • Period: to

    Mid-1990s

    5.25-inch disk fell out of popularity due to easy corruption from fingerprints from an open access area
  • Continue? ...

    Continue? ...

    The Floppy Disk today is far obsolete by some may `st]ill use them for storage for something small, art, crafts, etc. and so if not used for it's original, intended purpose... it's still used in some way
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