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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_ShugartAlan Shugart - Wikipedia

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   Shugart joined Memorex in 1969 as Vice President of its Equipment Division and led the development of its 3660 (compatible with IBM 2314) and 3670 (compatible with IBM 3330) disk storage subsystems. His team also developed the Memorex 650, one of the first commercially available floppy disk drives.

3. www.thoughtco.com › invention-of-the-floppy-diskWho Invented the Floppy Disk Drive? - ThoughtCo

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   Invented by IBM engineers led by Alan Shugart, the first disks were designed for loading microcodes into the controller of the Merlin (IBM 3330) disk pack file, a 100 MB storage device. So, in effect, the first floppies were used to fill another type of data storage device.

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   When did Shugart make a floppy drive?

   • Shugart left before completing the project but a key component of the planned system survived as an 8-inch floppy disk drive that was introduced in 1975. In response to a request for a lower-cost drive from Wang Laboratories, the company announced a 5.25-inch drive in 1976.

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   How many KB does a Shugart floppy hold?

   • The first Shugart floppy held 100 KBs of data. The nickname "floppy" came from the disk's flexibility. A floppy is a circle of magnetic material similar to other kinds of recording tape such as cassette tape, where one or two sides of the disk are used for recording.

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   Are floppy disks still used?

   • While floppy disks still see limited use in legacy computer equipment, they have been replaced by a procession of data-storage methods with much greater capacity and data transfer speeds, from CD-ROMs, USB flash drives and memory cards to optical disks and cloud storage. But the influence of the floppy on computing lives on.

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5. www.nytimes.com › 2006/12/15 › obituariesAlan F. Shugart, 76, a Developer of Disk Drive Industry, Dies

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   Dec 15, 2006 · Dec. 15, 2006. Alan F. Shugart, an engineer and entrepreneur whose career defined the modern computer disk drive industry, died Tuesday in Monterey, Calif. He was 76. The cause was...

6. tedium.co › 2023/07/22 › alan-shugart-floppy-diskAlan Shugart: How a Floppy Pioneer Moved Past Unemployment

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   Jul 22, 2023 · The man who assigned the project, Alan Shugart, would prove one of the most pivotal figures in disk technology in the 20th century. The Shugart Associates SA-400 Minifloppy was the first 5 1/4-inch floppy drive on the market. Previously, the smallest floppy was an 8-inch platter. ( Wikimedia Commons)

7. www.computerhistory.org › storageengine1976: Minicomputers stimulate floppy disk sales - CHM

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   Alan (Al) Shugart former DASD project manager at IBM, San Jose, who had joined Memorex in 1969, founded Shugart Associates (SA) in 1973 to build a small business computer. Shugart left before completing the project but a key component of the planned system survived as an 8-inch floppy disk drive that was introduced in 1975.

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9. www.computerhistory.org › profile › alan-f-shugartAlan F. Shugart - CHM

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   Apr 2, 2024 · Shugart left for Memorex in 1969. He stayed until 1972, then launched Shugart Associates, where he led efforts to perfect the eight-inch floppy disk drive as a mass-produced device. After a dispute over company direction with his board, Shugart left in 1974.

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    In 1977, Apple introduced the Apple II, which came with two 5¼-inch floppy drives, which were supplied by Shugart Associates, a company started by IBMers. The first IBM PC, introduced in 1981, was available with two floppy drives. Users typically loaded an application in one drive and stored data on a diskette in the other.