This all brings us to 1980 when IBM ... for the computer, including usually containing the operating system. Despite that exceptionally few systems today still contain floppy disk drives, this ...

The Osborne Computer Corporation declares ... two 5¼-inch floppy disk drives, and cost $1,795. September 14, 1956 IBM announces the 305 and 650 RAMAC (Random Access Memory Accounting) “data ...

Data storage mechanisms have come a long way since IBM proudly ... ubiquitous 3.5-in. floppy disk and drive in 1981. But the death knell is tolling for the floppy. Major computer manufacturers ...

IBM today announced that it is using just ... The company is first to mass-produce computer hard disk drives using a revolutionary new type of magnetic coating that is eventually expected to ...

Demand has plummeted as PC owners have opted for CDs, DVDs and USB memory sticks or transferred data with email. "The sound of a floppy disk drive will ... in 1971 by IBM. Sony introduced 3.5 ...

The 3.5in floppy disk, once an icon of the computer ... floppy drives from its best-selling Dell Dimension range. The first floppy disk - which was 8in - was developed by IBM in the late 1960s ...