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Jan 05, 1970: IBM Introduces the Floppy Disk, Data Goes Portable
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A small engineering workaround quietly changed how information could move, scale, and be sold.
On January 5, 1970, IBM introduced the floppy disk as a flexible magnetic storage medium designed to load software into mainframe systems. What began as a maintenance tool quickly revealed a larger opportunity, making data portable, duplicable, and distributable in ways that reshaped computing, enabled software markets, and laid groundwork for the personal computer era.
From bsnsHistory, the daily podcast about the moments when business quietly reshaped the world.
Written and hosted by Ron Trucks. Research and editing by Rodney Russ. Sound design by Angela Cahoy. Music by Cody Martin and Soundstripe.
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