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The genius engineering of the 3½ inch floppy disk

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A look at the brilliant physical design and engineering of the 3.5" diskette.

Correction: The first computer to use 3.5" diskettes was actually by Jonos, not HP. See Tech Tangents' video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djsyVgTGaRk

Contains clips from:

Datamaster Ease of Use: A Documentation Case Study (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNrkvbouK14

Create Macintosh Plus disks from downloaded disk images https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4jf2VMh8N0

HP-150 touchscreen computer with Bob Vila 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3B3cjfZNmM

Originally uploaded to YouTube on April 7th, 2022.

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