Artifact Details

Title

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) 1311 and 2311 disk drives oral history panel

Catalog Number

102657931

Type

Document

Description

In 1963 IBM shipped the 1311, the first disk drive using 14 inch diameter disks, which were contained in a 6 disk removable disk pack. Panel members had key roles in development of the 1311 and the 2311 drive which followed in 1965, doubling the capacity. The 14 inch disk and the removable disk pack established disk drive industry patterns which lasted a decade.

Date

2005-02-22

Contributor

Carothers, James, Interviewee
Harker, John M. (Jack), Interviewee
Porter, James, Moderator
Rosenshteyn, Yan, Cameraperson
Solyst, Erik, Interviewee

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Mountain View, California

Identifying Numbers

Other number OHP 138

Extent

20 p.

Category

Transcription

Subject

Carothers, James; Harker, John; Solyst, Erik; IBM 1311; IBM 2311; LCF; Storage history

Collection Title

Oral history collection

Lot Number

X3111.2005