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Sunday, 22 June 2008 |
By shacker02
 The floppy disk as we all know it has been around on the market since approximately 1969, and even though we only seem to have a blur picture of what it is, it was actually the first truly successful removable storage device and completely revolutionised computer disk storage.
Those disk invented by IBM were made of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium encased in a plastic shell and read or even written by a floppy disk drive. The format of those disks evolved over the years.
The original formats only stored around 140kb, and their cost made disk duplication a tough job only manageable for large companies.
Later, the introduction of cheaper systems and high-density disks meant that disk duplication became much easier as well as cheaper and finally possible for smaller companies and individual users like us. Obviously, disk duplication played its part in establishing the duplication industry as it is today, and making file and software distribution more affordable and viable for smaller companies and private consumers. Imagine that we would not be able to burn CDs or |
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