Floppy disk (English Wikipedia)

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aiga.org

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Hilkmann, Niek; Walskaar, Thomas (12 September 2022). "We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business". Retrieved 14 September 2022. Turns out the obsolete floppy is way more in demand than you'd think. ... I expect to be in this business for at least another four years.

ansi.org

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apple2history.org

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bbc.co.uk

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"R.I.P. Floppy Disk". BBC News. 1 April 2003. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

bitsavers.org

"Victor 9000 Hardware Reference Manual" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

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Shea, Tom (13 June 1983). "Shrinking drives increase storage". InfoWorld. pp. 1, 7, 8, 9, 11. Shugart is one of the major subscribers to the 3¹⁄₂-inch micro-floppy standard, along with Sony and 20 other company ... Its single-sided SA300 micro-floppy drive offers 500K of unformatted storage. Shugart's Kevin Burr said the obvious next step is to put another 500K of storage on the other side of the diskette and that the firm will come out with a double-sided 1-megabyte micro-floppy drive soon.
"Viability of 2-Inch Media Standard for PCs in Doubt". InfoWorld. 11 (31): 21. 31 July 1989.
"Vendor Introduces Ultra High-Density Floppy Disk Media". InfoWorld. 8 (45): 19. 10 November 1986.
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businessweek.com

Reinhardt, Andy (12 August 1996). "Iomega's Zip drives need a bit more zip". Business Week. No. 33. The McGraw-Hill Companies. ISSN 0007-7135. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.

carolrpt.com

"Managing Disks". Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2006.

computer.org

csdl.computer.org

"Three-inch floppy disk product announced" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2008.

computerhistory.org

"Floppy Disks - CHM Revolution". www.computerhistory.org. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
"1971: Floppy disk loads mainframe computer data". Computer History Museum. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

archive.computerhistory.org

Porter, Jim, ed. (2005). "Oral History Panel on 8 inch Floppy Disk Drives" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

corphist.computerhistory.org

"Memorex 650 Flexible Disc File" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

disktrend.com

"Five decades of disk drive industry firsts". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

doi.org

Engh, James T. (September 1981). "The IBM Diskette and Diskette Drive". IBM Journal of Research and Development. 25 (5): 701–710. doi:10.1147/rd.255.0701.
Sollman, George (July 1978). "Evolution of the Minifloppy Product Family". IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 14 (4): 160–66. doi:10.1109/TMAG.1978.1059748. ISSN 0018-9464. S2CID 32505773.

espacenet.com

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eurogamer.net

"Revisiting the Famicom Disk System". Eurogamer. 27 July 2019.

folklore.org

"The Original Macintosh". Folklore. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

free.fr

pockemul.free.fr

Sharp Service Manual Model CE-140F Pocket Disk Drive (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 00ZCE140F/SME. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

gao.gov

"Federal Agencies Need to Address Aging Legacy Systems" (PDF). Report to Congressional Requesters. United States Government Accountability Office. May 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

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hardware-bastelkiste.de

(M)Tronics SCS (20 May 2007). "Floppy-Disketten-Laufwerke" [Floppy disk drives] (in German). Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

ibm.com

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"3740". Archives. IBM. 23 January 2003. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

ipv7.net

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"Formatting 720K Disks on a 1.44MB Floppy". Floppy Drive. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.

jlaforums.com

"A question of floppies". Jla Forums. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

lintech.org

"Chapter 8: Floppy Disk Drives" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

linuxcommand.org

"floppy". LinuxCommand.org. 4 January 2006. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

lsu.edu

grok.lsu.edu

"Floppy Disk". Louisiana State University. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

mtsac.edu

"Properties of Storage Systems". Mt. San Antonio College. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.

obsoletemedia.org

"Sony / Canon 2 Inch Video Floppy". Museum of Obsolete Media. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
"2 inch lt1 floppy disk". Museum of Obsolete Media. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

pcworld.com

Spring, Tom (24 July 2002). "What Has Your Floppy Drive Done for You Lately? PC makers are still standing by floppy drives despite vanishing consumer demand". PC World. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

pix.net

Shah, Katen A. (1996) [September 1992, April 1992]. Intel 82077SL for Super-Dense Floppies (PDF) (Application Note) (2 ed.). Intel Corporation, IMD Marketing. AP-358, 292093-002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

retrocmp.de

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retrotechnology.com

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riscos.com

"6. Using floppy and hard discs". RISC OS 3.7 User Guide. 21 January 1997. Retrieved 4 January 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Sollman, George (July 1978). "Evolution of the Minifloppy Product Family". IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 14 (4): 160–66. doi:10.1109/TMAG.1978.1059748. ISSN 0018-9464. S2CID 32505773.

sharppocketcomputers.com

"Model CE-1600F" (PDF). Sharp PC-1600 Service Manual. Yamatokoriyama, Japan: Sharp Corporation, Information Systems Group, Quality & Reliability Control Center. July 1986. pp. 98–104. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

sony.jp

"Notice of Termination of Sales of 3.5-inch Floppy Disks". 23 April 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

swtpc.com

"Shugart SA 400 Datasheet". Swtpc. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

telegraph.co.uk

Fletcher, Richard (30 January 2007). "PC World Announces the End of the Floppy Disk". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
Derbyshire, David (30 January 2007). "Floppy disks ejected as demand slumps". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

thehill.com

Trujillo, Mario (25 May 2016). "US nuclear emergency messaging system still uses floppy disks". The Hill. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

theregister.com

Robinson, Dan (20 September 2022). "'Last man standing in the floppy disk business' reckons his company has 4 years left". The Register. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

theverge.com

Warren, Tom (11 August 2020). "Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks: A rare look inside a 20-year-old airliner". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

thewindowsclub.com

"How to use Floppy Disk on Windows 10". 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

tripod.com

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"Chronology of Events in the History of Microcomputers − 1981–1983 Business Takes Over". Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2008.

uni-stuttgart.de

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IBM 3740 Data Entry System System Summary and Installation Manual – Physical Planning (PDF). IBM. 1974. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019 – via Stuttgart University. The diskette is about 8" (20 cm) square and has a net capacity of 1898 128-character records – about one day's data entry activity. Each of the diskette's 73 magnetic recording tracks available for data entry can hold 26 sectors of up to 128 characters each.

web.archive.org

"Floppy Disks - CHM Revolution". www.computerhistory.org. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
Fletcher, Richard (30 January 2007). "PC World Announces the End of the Floppy Disk". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
"1971: Floppy disk loads mainframe computer data". Computer History Museum. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
"Five decades of disk drive industry firsts". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
Reinhardt, Andy (12 August 1996). "Iomega's Zip drives need a bit more zip". Business Week. No. 33. The McGraw-Hill Companies. ISSN 0007-7135. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.
"floppy". LinuxCommand.org. 4 January 2006. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
Spring, Tom (24 July 2002). "What Has Your Floppy Drive Done for You Lately? PC makers are still standing by floppy drives despite vanishing consumer demand". PC World. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
"R.I.P. Floppy Disk". BBC News. 1 April 2003. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
Derbyshire, David (30 January 2007). "Floppy disks ejected as demand slumps". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
"Federal Agencies Need to Address Aging Legacy Systems" (PDF). Report to Congressional Requesters. United States Government Accountability Office. May 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
Trujillo, Mario (25 May 2016). "US nuclear emergency messaging system still uses floppy disks". The Hill. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
"How to use Floppy Disk on Windows 10". 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
"The Disk II". Apple II History. 2 December 2008. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018. Wozniak's technique would allow the drive to do self-synchronization ("soft sectoring"), not have to deal with that little timing hole, and save on hardware.
(M)Tronics SCS (20 May 2007). "Floppy-Disketten-Laufwerke" [Floppy disk drives] (in German). Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
Porter, Jim, ed. (2005). "Oral History Panel on 8 inch Floppy Disk Drives" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
X3.162, ANSI, 1994, archived from the original on 28 February 2022, retrieved 28 February 2022, Information Systems – Unformatted Flexible Disk Cartridge for Information Interchange, 5.25 in (130 mm), 96 Tracks per inch (3.8 Tracks per Millimeter), General, Physical, and Magnetic Requirements (includes ANSI X3.162/TC-1-1995) Specifies the general, physical, and magnetic requirements for interchangeability for the two-sided, 5.25 in (130 mm) flexible disk cartridge
"Floppy Disk". Louisiana State University. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
"3740". Archives. IBM. 23 January 2003. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
IBM 3740 Data Entry System System Summary and Installation Manual – Physical Planning (PDF). IBM. 1974. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019 – via Stuttgart University. The diskette is about 8" (20 cm) square and has a net capacity of 1898 128-character records – about one day's data entry activity. Each of the diskette's 73 magnetic recording tracks available for data entry can hold 26 sectors of up to 128 characters each.
"The IBM Diskette General Information Manual". DE: Z80. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
"Managing Disks". Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2006.
"A question of floppies". Jla Forums. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
"Formatting 720K Disks on a 1.44MB Floppy". Floppy Drive. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
"Sony / Canon 2 Inch Video Floppy". Museum of Obsolete Media. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
"2 inch lt1 floppy disk". Museum of Obsolete Media. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
"Memorex 650 Flexible Disc File" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
"Shugart SA 400 Datasheet". Swtpc. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
Beals, Gene (n.d.). "New Commodore Products: A Quick Review" (PDF). PET User Notes. Vol. 2, no. 1. Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
"Victor 9000 Hardware Reference Manual" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
"Chronology of Events in the History of Microcomputers − 1981–1983 Business Takes Over". Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
"Three-inch floppy disk product announced" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
"Model CE-1600F" (PDF). Sharp PC-1600 Service Manual. Yamatokoriyama, Japan: Sharp Corporation, Information Systems Group, Quality & Reliability Control Center. July 1986. pp. 98–104. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
Sharp Service Manual Model CE-140F Pocket Disk Drive (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 00ZCE140F/SME. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
Bateman, Selby (March 1986). "The Future of Mass Storage". COMPUTE!. No. 70. COMPUTE! Publications, Inc. p. 18. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
Shah, Katen A. (1996) [September 1992, April 1992]. Intel 82077SL for Super-Dense Floppies (PDF) (Application Note) (2 ed.). Intel Corporation, IMD Marketing. AP-358, 292093-002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
"Chapter 8: Floppy Disk Drives" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
"The Original Macintosh". Folklore. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
"Properties of Storage Systems". Mt. San Antonio College. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.

wired.com

SORREL, CHARLIE (26 April 2010). "Sony Announces the Death of the Floppy Disk". Wired. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

worldcat.org

Reinhardt, Andy (12 August 1996). "Iomega's Zip drives need a bit more zip". Business Week. No. 33. The McGraw-Hill Companies. ISSN 0007-7135. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.
Sollman, George (July 1978). "Evolution of the Minifloppy Product Family". IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 14 (4): 160–66. doi:10.1109/TMAG.1978.1059748. ISSN 0018-9464. S2CID 32505773.

z80.de

cpm.z80.de

"The IBM Diskette General Information Manual". DE: Z80. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.