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8-inch floppy disk, inserted in drive, (3½-inch floppy diskette, in front, shown for scale) 3½-inch, high-density floppy diskettes with adhesive labels affixed The first commercial floppy disks, developed in the late 1960s, were 8 inches (203.2 mm) in diameter; [4] [5] they became commercially available in 1971 as a component of IBM products and both drives and disks were then sold ...
Used only in Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2 5 1 ... (PDF). Product Reference Literature (Fifth ed.). IBM. August 1979. "RX02 8 inch Floppy Drive Information".
A Maxell-branded 3-inch Compact Floppy Disk. The floppy disk is a data storage and transfer medium that was ubiquitous from the mid-1970s well into the 2000s. [1] Besides the 3½-inch and 5¼-inch formats used in IBM PC compatible systems, or the 8-inch format that preceded them, many proprietary floppy disk formats were developed, either using a different disk design or special layout and ...
Fifteen people, including one FDNY firefighter, were injured, according to fire officials. Medics rushed 10 people to the hospital, mostly for smoke inhalation — while additional people were ...
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when William R. Brody joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 75.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty (2) celebrates a score with the fans Boise State against Oregon State in an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Boise, Idaho.
A 12-year-old boy stole his grandfather’s vehicle and drove about 160 miles over a mountain freeway in Washington before deputies caught him on the day before Thanksgiving, according to a ...
By 1988, the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch was outselling the 5 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch. [69] In South Africa, the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch format was generally called a stiffy disk, to distinguish it from the flexible 5 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch format. [70] [71] The term "3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch" or "3.5-inch" disk is and was rounded from the 90 mm actual dimension of one side of the ...