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 ...

IBM Corp. employees knew the company’s computer disk drives had a higher failure rate ... claims that it sold computers with defective floppy disk controllers. In 2001, Iomega Corp. reached ...

Shugart himself left IBM and transitioned to Memorex in 1972, helping the company deliver the first commercially available read-write floppy disk drive (the Memorex 650). A hallmark of computer ...

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 ...

By early 1971, IBM shipped its first computer with a read-only drive for the 8-inch floppy disk causing other companies like Memorex and Shugart to take notice. In 1972, Memorex had released their ...

May 6, 1955 IBM makes an announcement that “went largely unnoticed outside the computer community and ... 1956 and gave birth to the disk drive industry. May 7, 1946 More than twenty members ...

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 ...

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Dell Computer Co. said it will discontinue floppy disk drives as standard equipment ... in 1976 to be compatible with IBM mainframe computers.

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 ...