Origins of the 3.5in Floppy Disk
2y 7mon ago by lemmy.capebreton.social/u/videodrome in computerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.social from www.youtube.com
"I got sucked into researching the origins of the 3.5in floppy disk after looking into one of my recent HP drives. That sent me on a long quest to better understand the format and finding out some very interesting things I didn't even know existed!"
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:43 Precursor History
2:05 3.5in Disk Creation
3:50 Why So Tall?
4:21 The ANSI Competition
7:23 Gaining Market Share
9:41 Who Was First to Use it?
12:27 WHO!?
15:23 The 3.5in Endures
16:28 Outro