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How the Floppy Disk Democratized Data Storage

How the Floppy Disk Democratized Data Storage

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Long before cloud drives and USB sticks, the floppy disk was the original portable storage medium. This episode traces the floppy from its 8-inch origins at IBM in the late 1960s to the 3.5-inch disk that became a cultural icon. We focus on one key moment: how a single engineer, Alan Shugart, and his team at IBM's San Jose lab solved the problem of loading microcode into the System 370 mainframe, creating a diskette that was both reliable and removable. We then follow the format's evolution through the 1970s and 80s, including the fierce format war between Sony and Apple, and explain why the floppy ultimately vanished—not because of CDs or USB drives, but because of the internet. Specific numbers: 80 kilobytes in the original 8-inch disk, 1.44 megabytes in the final 3.5-inch standard, and the 1998 iMac as the first major PC to abandon the drive entirely. #FloppyDisk #AlanShugart #IBM #Sony #Apple #DataStorage #ComputerHistory #Technology #RetroTech #Diskette #iMac #FormatWar #SanJoseLab #System370 #PortableStorage #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TechHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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