Floppy Drives and USB Drives

By tborey

  • First Floppy Disk became avaliable.

    The first Floppy Disk became avaliable in the year 1971, but there isn't an exact date. They were originally 8inches in diameter. It was 79.75 kB large.

  • 8-inch, 1-sided, single-density Floppy Drive

    The floppy drive 8-inch, 1-sided, single-density was made in 1973 and was 250K large.

  • 8-inch, 2-sided, double-density Floppy Drive

    The 8-inch, 2-sided, double-density floppy drive came out in 1977 and was 1.2 MB larger.

  • .25-inch, 2-sided, 15-sector Floppy Drive

    The 5.25-inch, 2-sided, 15-sector floppy drive came out in 1982 and was 1.2MB large.

  • 5.25-inch, 2-sided, 9-sector Floppy Drive

    The 5.25-inch, 2-sided, 9-sector floppy drive came out in 1982 and was 360K.

  • .25-inch, 1-sided, 9-sector Folppy Disk

    The floppy disk 5.25-inch, 1-sided, 9-sector was created in1983 and was 180K.

  • 3.5-inch, 2-sided, 9-sector Floppy Drive

    The 3.5-inch, 2-sided, 9-sector floppy drive came out in 1984 and held 720k.

  • 3 ½-inch-wide Floppy Drive

    The 3½-inch-wide floppy drive arrived in 1987 and stored 1.44 MB.

  • 3.5-inch, 2-sided, 36-sector Floppy Drive

    The 3.5-inch, 2-sided, 36-sector floppy drive came out in 1987 and held 2.88MB

  • USB Envolving

    The USB drives 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.99 were made before the official release of USB 1 in 1996.

  • USB 1

    The first USB drive officially came out in 1996.

  • USB 1.1

    The USB drive 1.1 came out in August 1998.

  • USB 2

    The USB 2 was released in April of 2000.

  • USB 3

    The USB 3 was released in 2008 and was known as "SuperSpeed"

  • USB 3.1

    The USB drive 3.1 was released at a press release in January of 2013 but wasn't announced until July 31, 2013.

  • 8-inch, 1-sided, single-density Floppy Drive

    The floppy drive 8-inch, 1-sided, single-density was made in 1973 and was 250K.

  • 5.25-inch, 1-sided, 8-sector Floppy Drive

    The floppy drive 5.25-inch, 1-sided, 8-sector was made in 1981 and was 160K large.

  • 5.25-inch, 1-sided, 9-sector Floppy Drive

    The floppy drive was 5.25-inch, 1-sided, 9-sector made in1983and was 180K large.

  • 8-inch, 2-sided, single-density Floppy Drive

    The floppy drive 8-inch, 2-sided, single-density was made in 1976 and was 500K large.