Today is the anniversary of the release of the Shugart Minifloppy SA400, the first 5.25" floppy disk drive. August 27, 1976.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shugart_Associates#Beginnings
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #storage #floppydisk #tech #vintagetech #computinghistory #hardware #magneticmedia #floppydrive #floppy #Shugart
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