[cctalk] Re: Floppy disk

On Mon, 8 Jun 2026, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: I think that Alan Shugart (and staff) started work on it in 1967, and it made it to market in 1971. Then, the patent for the disk was issued on June 6, 1972. July 18, 1972 was probably the patent fot the 8" floppy DRIVE. Both of which were already shipping in 1971. They were originally intended as a read-only device for loading "microcode" into the IBM 3330 Shugart moved to Memorex in 1972, but in 1973, founded Shugart Associates. Xerox bought Shugart Associates in 1977. Shugart then started a new company in 1978, and tried to name it "Shugart Technology". But, when Xerox had bought the company in 1977, that purchase included the name "Shugart Associates". So, to avoid trademark overlap legal issues, in 1979, he renamed it "Seagate" NEVER name your commpany after yourself! If you do, then if/when you sell the company, you're selling off all the rights to your name also! OB_irrelevant: [Unless you are POTUS, in which case, you can go around tagging everything in sight, like a teenage spray can gang. By taking immediate action starting after announcement, the opposition, and those who wouldst object to doing things that you aren't empowered to do, can't get organized to block it until it is too late.] -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com