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Most computers today don't have floppy drives, a trend started by Apple in the late '90s. Before that, however, floppies were the standard method of backing up and moving data for 30 years. The rise and fall… More »
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Floppy disk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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It should've been titled "How to flash motherboard BIOS when only OS you have installed is Linux (no DOS/Windows), and you don't even have floppy drive?", but I decided that it would be too long so I shortened it and made a mistake(?) along the way.
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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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For more info on floppy disk drives, diskette and controller info, check our list of original floppy drive manuals and OEM tech notes. We offer copies for a per page fee. Check the Shugart 800/801 floppy disk ... Here are the hot charts for various drives and formats. Some odd but useful facts are also reported.
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What Does It Mean to Be Catholic? ... Most computers today don't have floppy drives, a trend started by Apple in the late '90s. Before that, however, floppies were the standard method of backing up and moving data for 30 years. The...
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