The Floppy Disk patent was granted today in 1972 — when 80KB took up 8 inches and were really floppy The patent application for the floppy disk was granted to t
The patent for the floppy disk, a revolutionary storage medium, was granted on this day in 1972 to two IBM engineers. These initial 8-inch disks held a mere 80 kilobytes and were genuinely flexible, a stark contrast to later, more rigid formats. The technology's development began in 1967, with IBM aiming for affordable drives and media, eventually leading to widespread adoption and billions sold annually by the 1990s. AI