How this latter came to be is the subject of an article by [Ernie Smith], focusing on floppy disk storage. Although 3M was not the one to invent floppy disks or magnetic storage, their expertise ...

Invented by Alan Shugart at IBM in 1967, the original floppy disk design measured 8 inches ... Other less common formats of 3.5-inch floppy drives were the Imation Superdisk (LS-120 and LS ...

Sony was the last Japanese manufacturer of 3.5-inch floppy discs, but other vendors such as Imation and Maxell still offer them. The discs and the drives necessary to use them still remain ...