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  1. Jul 22, 2023 · Alan Shugart: How a Floppy Pioneer Moved Past Unemployment. Floppy Flop. The company that gave the world the 5-and-a-quarter floppy was quickly acquired, and its founder quit on bad terms. But his follow-up firm became a computing giant. By Ernie Smith Jul 22, 2023.

  2. ALAN F. SHUGART, pioneer of the multibillion-dollar computer hard-drive industry and co-founder of Seagate Technology, died December 12, 2006, at the age of 76, of complications from heart surgery six weeks earlier. Shugart was one of the most influential and admired figures in the industry.

  3. Jan 31, 2018 · 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.

  4. No look at Seagate’s accomplishments and amazing opportunities ahead would be complete without recognizing our founder, Al Shugart, who was remembered by Executive Chairman Steve Luczo in this article last month.

  5. Aug 9, 2007 · SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Al Shugart, a pioneer in the computer disk drive industry and one of Silicon Valley's most colorful entrepreneurs, has died. He was 76.

  6. Dec 14, 2006 · Shugart, the co-founder of hard drive maker Seagate Technology LLC, has died, the company said Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006, at age 76. Shugart helped pioneer the multibillion dollar hard drive...

  7. Jan 31, 2007 · Tue 30 Jan 2007 19.22 EST. Al Shugart, regarded as the father of the disk drive industry, has died, aged 76, in Monterey, California, following heart surgery. While disk drives are now taken...

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