![]() It is, after all, a point of local pride. ![]() Dell Computer's announcement last month that it would no longer include floppy disk drives as a standard feature in its desktop systems all but assured its extinction.īut we come here not to mourn or, god forbid, denigrate the floppy disk, but to praise it. 6 - The world's leading computer-maker, Dell, announces it will no longer include 3.5-inch floppy disk drives as a standard component on its desktop systems.įace it: floppy disks are headed for the technological junk heap, along with reel-to-reel tape and 8mm film. ![]() Each disk held 0.2 megabytes of information.ġ981 - Sony introduces the 3.5-inch floppy disk that was smaller than the industry standard, but held twice the data: 0.437 megabytes on a single disk.ġ997 - Worldwide production of 3.5-inch floppy discs peaks at 5 billion diskettes a year.ġ998 - Apple Computer introduces its revolutionary, bubble-shaped iMac personal computer - and is widely criticized for omitting a floppy disk drive.įeb. The disk held 0.08 megabytes of information.ġ976 - Shugart Associates introduces the first 5.25-inch floppy disk. They don't even make for decent drink coasters.įloppy lifespan 1971 - IBM develops the first floppy disk, code-named 'the Minnow," at its Cottle Road facilities in San Jose, Calif. who needs 'em? They're not practical for storing digital photos, MP3 compressed music files or any of the other accoutrements of the digital lifestyle. Outdated, but not forgotten AN JOSE, Calif.
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