HP’s History of the Floppy Disk credits Apple II for format’s popularity
Posted By Mike Maginnis On August 29, 2012 @ 9:46 am In Elsewhere | Comments Disabled
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Hewlett-Packard has published a well-written article by Steven Vaughan-Nichols [2] called The History of the Floppy Disk. Vaughan-Nichols goes all the way back to the format’s invention by IBM engineer David L. Noble [3], who was assigned by Alan Shugart [4] to develop, “a reliable and inexpensive system for loading microcode into the IBM System/370 mainframes using a process called Initial Control Program Load (ICPL).” This project led to the invention of the 8” floppy disk. Vaughan-Nichols follows the evolution of the format to the present day, and along the way credits the Apple II with making the floppy disk a success.
Read the whole article here [5].
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[2] Steven Vaughan-Nichols: http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/11
[3] David L. Noble: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/floppy/team/
[4] Alan Shugart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shugart
[5] here: http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/The-History-of-the-Floppy-Disk/ba-p/6434
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