Floppy disk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A floppy disk is a data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible ("floppy") magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. Floppy disks are read and wri...
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The first floppy disks were invented in the 1960's by IBM. The disks were 8" across and were used during the 1970's on the computers of that time. However, it was the smaller floppy disk drives that were commonly used in people's homes.
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A Brief History ... and 3) A sensor that detects the rotational position of the diskette via an index hole (or magnetic sensor in 3.5 inch drives) on floppy disks.
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www.accurite.com/FloppyPrimer.html
www.accurite.com/FloppyPrimer.html
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Free Tech Support on When was the floppy disk invented? from Dave Taylor ... Accurite has an excellent page on floppy disk drives, if you want to travel further into the past, the history of computer technology. Me? I'll just use my DVD-RW to burn, and re-burn, 4.7GB at a time. Floppy disks are just too darn small...
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Notice the capacity of these floppy disks (lower right hand corner of the disk label). These were software for my Sanyo 1000 CP/M computer. I can't remember how much RAM it had, but there was no hard drive and only one, 310K floppy drive.
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www.oftheeising.com/onlinehistory/floppydisks.htm
www.oftheeising.com/onlinehistory/floppydisks.htm
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The name seems tailor-made for a Seinfeld bit: "What is the deal with floppy disks? They’re not floppy, and they’re not disks!" ... The first floppies were flexible 8-inch plastic disks coated with iron oxide and housed in a protective jacket lined with a fabric that would clean the surface of the disk as it rotated.
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www.cio.com/article/29266
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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 it works. ... History of the Floppy Disk Drive ... See all Hard Drives & Disks articles...
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computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive.htm
computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive.htm
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Floppy disk drives have been around since the birth of personal computing -- find out how they work! ... History of the Floppy Disk Drive ... The 5.25-inch disks were dubbed "floppy" because the diskette packaging was a very flexible plastic envelope, unlike the rigid case used to hold today's 3.5-inch diskettes.
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computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive1.htm
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a brief history; 30 years ago 100KB disks were the most effective means of transferring data between computers. invented by IBM's alan shugart in 1971, floppies are made up of a 'floppy' magnetic storage disk encased in a plastic square or rectangular outer shell.
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www.designboom.com/history/floppydisk.html
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