2 Mar
2005
2 Mar
'05
9 p.m.
Don Hills wrote
The original diskette design was for a microcode load
device for an
IBM mainframe. I recall there was an IBM Journal of R&D article about
it, I'll see if I can find it
I happen to have the 25th Anniversary issue of the IBM Journal of Research
and Development, Sept 1981.
There is an article on page 701.
The IBM Diskette and Diskette Drive
by J. T. Engh
The diskette and diskette drive have had a major influence on data
processing. They provide a low-cost, compact, high-performance solution to
the need for a reusable magnetic medium and have largely replaced the
punched card in many applications. Early applications were simple
program-load functions. Today these have expanded to a wide range of medium
exchange, information storage, and data processing applications. This paper
examines the history of the development of these products within IBM. The
discussion includes some of the alternatives considered and some of the
problems encountered during these developments.
You can find it on the IBM Research site
http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/255/ibmrd2505ZE.pdf
My business card was in the book with an email address of
uw-beaver!entropy!dataio!holley
Michael Holley