Disk Storage Media Compared
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Pictured, top to bottom…
Wang 15 inch Disk Pack, 228 Mb
8 inch floppy disk, (varied)
5-1/4 inch floppy disk, 360 Kb
3.5 inch diskette, 1.44 Mb
3.5 inch Iomega Zip Disk, 100 Mb
and 5-1/4 inch diskette drive on left
External 5-1/4 inch floppy drive below.
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IBM 4869 External 5-1/4 inch floppy disk drive for PC. (Circa 1986)
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Disk Drives compared (above) (Photo courtesy of John Marshall)
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RA60A Disk Drive Unit, 270 Mb each disk pack (above) (Photo courtesy of John Marshall)
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RA60A Disk Pack, 270 Mb each disk pack (above) (Photo courtesy of John Marshall)
See also Large IBM Storage Disk
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