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Floppy disk drives have been around since the birth of personal computing -- find out how they work! ... Basically, a floppy disk drive reads and writes data to a small, circular piece of metal-coated plastic similar to audio cassette tape. In this article, you will learn more about what is inside a floppy disk drive and how...
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computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive.htm
computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive.htm
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Helping you with questions you may have about computer floppy disk drives. ... Floppy drive ABCs; Floppy history; 3.5" floppy diskette; 5 1/4" floppy diskette; Floppy cable; Troubleshooting; Creating a floppy boot disk; Floppy disk definitions...
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www.computerhope.com/help/floppy.htm
www.computerhope.com/help/floppy.htm
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This page describes the term floppy disk and lists other pages on the Web where you can find additional information. ... 8-inch: The first floppy disk design, invented by IBM in the late 1960s and used in the early 1970s as first a read-only format and then as a read-write format. The typical desktop/laptop computer does...
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webopedia.internet.com/TERM/f/floppy_disk.html
webopedia.internet.com/TERM/f/floppy_disk.html
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A floppy disk is a thin flexible plastic disk coated in metal oxide and enclosed in a rigid plastic casing. There are two different verities of these disks. ... A high density disk that has a storage capacity of 1.44 Megabytes.
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www.piesoftwareinc.co.uk/textonly/floppy_disk.html
www.piesoftwareinc.co.uk/textonly/floppy_disk.html
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The floppy disk still persists, basically unchanged for over a decade, in large part because of its universality; the 3.5 inch 1.44 MB floppy is present on virtually every PC made in the last 10 years, which makes it still a useful tool.
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www.pcguide.com/ref/fdd/index.htm
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Dust and Dirt: Since the floppy disk is contacted directly by the heads of the drive, any dirt or dust on the surface can damage the media surface and result in data loss. 5.25" disks, with their exposed media window, should always be stored in a protective sleeve.
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www.pcguide.com/care/care/mediaFloppies-c.html
www.pcguide.com/care/care/mediaFloppies-c.html
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Free Tech Support on When was the floppy disk invented? from Dave Taylor ... Dave, kind of a basic question, but when was the floppy disk invented, and how big was the first floppy disk, both in terms of size and storage capacity?
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www.askdavetaylor.com/when_was_the_floppy_disk_invented...
www.askdavetaylor.com/when_was_the_floppy_disk_invented.html
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Floppy disk drives were originally introduced commercially as a read-only device to hold microcode and diagnostics for large IBM mainframe computer systems in the early 1970s. By changing the diskette inside the floppy drive, service engineers could easily update the microcode to the latest revisions or load diagnostics...
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www.accurite.com/FloppyPrimer.html
www.accurite.com/FloppyPrimer.html
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Now that you've taken apart a floppy disk, you may want to try dissecting an audiocassette or a video-cassette. A lot of the parts on these cassettes are very similar to parts of a floppy disk. How many can you find?
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www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/dissect_disk.htm...
www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/dissect_disk.html
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