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| 8" Floppy Disk - 1971 |
Yoshiro Nakamatsu, the inventor of the floppy disk, this piece of technology was developed in the 1960's and was on the market by 1971. This was one of the first forms of external memory for a computer and was popular to use because it was less expensive than hard disks. With the storage size reaching 1.2MB this was a massive step forward in technology around this time, this impacted a lot of people as it allowed schools, businesses and the general public expand what their computers could do.
The original floppy disk was 8 inches to start with, but this developed over the years, they got smaller and the memory slightly expanded.
The main points of development for this technology was dust and dirt, originally it was a bare disk, however if this would be affected by dust it wouldnt work and all date stored within it would be lost. This was overcome when it was then enclosed with a fabric which would eliminate dust patricles. This then lead to the development of enclosed memory storage devices such as the USB stick and External Hardrives.
The original floppy disk was 8 inches to start with, but this developed over the years, they got smaller and the memory slightly expanded.
The main points of development for this technology was dust and dirt, originally it was a bare disk, however if this would be affected by dust it wouldnt work and all date stored within it would be lost. This was overcome when it was then enclosed with a fabric which would eliminate dust patricles. This then lead to the development of enclosed memory storage devices such as the USB stick and External Hardrives.
Brown. G (2001) History of the Floppy Disk (Online) Available From:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive1.htm (Last Accessed 26/10/16)
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