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  2. Floppy disk variants - Wikipedia

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    A Maxell-branded 3-inch Compact Floppy Disk. The floppy disk is a data storage and transfer medium that was ubiquitous from the mid-1970s well into the 2000s. [1] Besides the 3½-inch and 5¼-inch formats used in IBM PC compatible systems, or the 8-inch format that preceded them, many proprietary floppy disk formats were developed, either using a different disk design or special layout and ...

  3. Amstrad PCW - Wikipedia

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    The floppy disk drives on these models were in the unusual 3-inch "compact floppy" format, [13] which was selected as it had a simpler electrical interface than 3½-inch drives. [33] In the range's early days supplies of 3-inch floppies occasionally ran out, [13] but by 1988 the PCW's popularity encouraged suppliers to compete for this market. [34]

  4. List of floppy disk formats - Wikipedia

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    Amstrad CPC/PCW: 3 inch Double 1 40 9 512 180 kB 300 MFM Single head drive, but double-sided floppy discs (total of 360 kB per floppy) Amstrad PCW8512/9512: 3 inch Double 2 80 9 512 720 kB 300 MFM 720 kB mode uses both sides - ensure disc inserted correct way up. Apple II: 5 1 ⁄ 4 inch Double 1 35 13 256 soft 113.75 kB 300 GCR [NB 2] 1 16 140 kB

  5. History of the floppy disk - Wikipedia

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    Close-up of 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch disk Standard 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch disk with a blank label. In 1981, Sony introduced their 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch floppy disk cartridge (90.0 mm × 94.0 mm) having a single sided unformatted capacity of 218.8 KB and a formatted capacity of 161.2 KB. [citation needed] A double sided version was available in 1982.

  6. Floppy disk - Wikipedia

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    8-inch floppy disk, inserted in drive, (3½-inch floppy diskette, in front, shown for scale) 3½-inch, high-density floppy diskettes with adhesive labels affixed The first commercial floppy disks, developed in the late 1960s, were 8 inches (203.2 mm) in diameter; [4] [5] they became commercially available in 1971 as a component of IBM products and both drives and disks were then sold ...

  7. Amstrad PC1512 - Wikipedia

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    Schneider-badged version of the Amstrad 1512 DD Amstrad PC-1512 DD on display at Retrosystems 2010. General hardware specifications of the PC1512: Available as choice of one or two 360 KB 5¼-inch floppy disks drives or one floppy disk drive with a 10 or 20 MB hard disk drive.