Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I got sucked into researching the origins of the 3.5in floppy disk after looking into one of my recent HP drives. That sent me on a long quest to better understand the format and finding out some very interesting things I didn't even know existed!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:43 Precursor History
2:05 3.5in Disk Creation
3:50 Why So Tall?
4:21 The ANSI Competition
7:23 Gaining Market Share
9:41 Who Was First to Use it?
12:27 WHO!?
15:23 The 3.5in Endures
16:28 Outro

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