5.25 inch Floppy Disk
Also known as: 5¼ inch floppy diskette, 5.25 inch minifloppy, 5.25" floppy disk
Summary
| Technology | magnetic disk |
| Dimensions | 5.25 inches by 5.25 inches |
| Date introduced | 1976 |
| Storage Capacity |
Single-sided, 8 sectors/track: 160 KB (1981) Single-sided, 9 sectors/track: 180 KB (1983) Double-sided: 360 KB (1983) High-Density (HD): 1.2 MB (1984) Note: dates are for IBM PC support. Other hardware supported these (and other capacities) earlier. |
| Created by | Shugart |
| Wikipedia | Floppy_disk |
| See also |
Successor to the 8 inch floppy Succeeded by the 3.5 inch floppy |
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