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Floppy disks have been a crucial storage source at a time when there were no other options. The ideal storage version was 3.5 inches which stored about 1.44 MB.

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Facts About Floppy Disk

– Multiple floppy disks were required to install one single program.  – The digital cameras used in the 90s had floppy disks as their storage option.

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Floppy Disk History

Yoshiro Nakamatsu, also known as Dr. NakaMats, was the brain behind several notable inventions. He was born on 26th June 1928 and was labeled as an eccentric inventor.

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Floppy Disk Parts

– Read/Write Heads – Drive Motor – Mechanical Frame – Stepper Motor – Circuit Board

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Floppy Disk: Historical Significance

In this journey, IBM engineers developed an inexpensive and simple system for loading microcode into their System/370 mainframes in a process called Initial Control Program Load (ICPL).

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