Details
Type
Text
Title
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) 5.25 and 3.5 inch floppy drives oral history panel
Contributor
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Dalziel, Warren, Interviewee
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Massaro, Donald, Interviewee
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Porter, James, Moderator
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Sollman, George, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Date
2005-01-13
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Extent
51 p.
Description
A review of the transition from IBM's 8 inch flexible disk drive standard to smaller drives, as the personal computer market emerged. Panel members participated in establishing first the 5.25 inch FDD standard, and then the 3.5 inch FDD standard, as dozens of companies scrambled to establish production.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Dalziel, Warren; Sollman, George; Massaro, Don; FDD; 5.25; Storage history
Collection Title
Oral Histories Online
Accession Number
102657925
