The genius engineering of the 3½ inch floppy disk

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    • Origins of the 3.5in Floppy Disk  

Contains clips from:

Datamaster Ease of Use: A Documentation Case Study (1982)
   • Datamaster Ease of Use: A Documentati...  

Create Macintosh Plus disks from downloaded disk images
   • Create Macintosh Plus disks from down...  

HP-150 touchscreen computer with Bob Vila 1985
   • HP-150 touchscreen computer with Bob ...  

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