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The floppy disc drive was invented at IBM in 1967. It used 8" floppy discs. The first floppy disc drive in an IBM personal computer appeared in 1981. By this time the original 8" floppy disc had been replace by a 5.25" disc.
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What do you use floppy disk drives for?
For putting a floppy disc in. Floppy discs were used a lot in the 1970's as CD's were not invented until the 1980's
What computer manufacturers first introduced floppy disk drives?
None of the above.
Why you give computer first drive name c?
because in the IBM PC drives a and b were dedicated to floppy drives.
How many floppy drives does a computer have?
Computers made today generally do not have any floppy drives at all. PCs traditionally had 2 floppy drives (A: and B:) but might have only one of these. The original Mac had 1 floppy drive. Early microcomputers could frequently have as many as 4 floppy drives. (I had one with this capability but I never connected more than 3 floppy drives, these were 8 inch double sided double density drives).
What are floppy diskette drives?
Floppy diskette drives read and write information to a single rotating disk that can be removed from the drive.
What do hard drives floppy drives and Zip drives have in common?
They all store information.
What is the floppy drive usually referred to as?
Floppy disk drives, or just floppy disks. Nothing special.
What company invented the 3.5 inch floppy disk?
Sony invented the 3.5 inch floppy disk and first sold it in 1980. ########################################################## The earliest floppy disks,WAS invented at IBM, and were 8 inches in diameter. They became commercially available in 1971.
What company invented the 3.5-inch floppy disk?
Sony invented the 3.5 inch floppy disk and first sold it in 1980. ########################################################## The earliest floppy disks,WAS invented at IBM, and were 8 inches in diameter. They became commercially available in 1971.
When was the floppy disk built?
Allan Shugart invented the first floppy disk in 1967 which was 8 inches in diameter.
Are catridge drives better than floppy disc for storing files?
Yes, floppy drives are a thing of the past, they are small and easily corrupted.
How many floppy drives does your system have?
Most modern computers do not have any floppy drives at all. Ones made before 2001 generally had one. Two floppy drives was common only in very old computers with no fixed storage device.
