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Three generations of floppy disks

Three generations of floppy disks by Quan Nguyen.
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"The floppy disk drive (FDD) was invented at IBM by Alan Shugart in 1967. The first floppy drives used an 8-inch disk (later called a "diskette" as it got smaller), which evolved into the 5.25-inch disk that was used on the first IBM Personal Computer in August 1981. The 5.25-inch disk held 360 kilobytes compared to the 1.44 megabyte capacity of today's 3.5-inch diskette" 

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C.P.Storm says:

Evolution, smaller, faster, bigger more more more!!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

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Lady Pain  Pro User  says:

Uou... past & present, past, and more past :D I love floppys!! :D
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

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pmarella  Pro User  says:

I remember them !
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

VeganAlex [deleted] says:

I hope the 5.25 diskettes come back. They are probably useless right now, but they are so cool
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

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moriza  Pro User  says:

Amazing you still have this guys around!
Then after that Syquest, Jazz, Zip, CD, DVD, Flashcard...
Next Quantum drive?
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

cahbasm [deleted] says:

so where do you find that HUGE one
are they really hard
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

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Quan Nguyen  Pro User  says:

Cashbasm: That HUGE one was invented much before you were born. Someone still kept it in the office so I took a picture of it.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

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