Shugart Associates
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Shugart Associates was a computer peripheral manufacturer that dominated the floppy disk drive market in the late 1970s and is famous for introducing the 5+1⁄4-inch "Minifloppy" floppy disk drive. In
Former headquarters in Sunnyvale, California
Shugart SA400 minifloppy 5+1⁄4-inch disk drive.
Shugart SA1004 – 10MB 8 inch hard disk drive.
Floppy disk
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A floppy disk, diskette, or floppy diskette is a type of disk storage made from a thin, flexible disk coated with a magnetic storage medium. It is enclosed in a square or nearly square plastic shell l
Shugart Associates
…Shugart Associates (later Shugart Corporation) was a computer peripheral manufacturer that dominated the floppy disk drive market in the late 1970s and is famous for introducing the 5+1⁄4-inch "Minifloppy" floppy disk drive. In 1979 it was one of the first companies to…
8-inch (200 mm), 5.25-inch (130 mm), and 3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy disks
8-inch (200 mm), 5.25-inch (130 mm) (full height), and 3.5-inch (90 mm) drives
A 3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy disk removed from its housing
8-inch (200 mm) floppy disk, partially inserted in drive, (3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy diskette, in front, shown for scale)