Disk, storage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLOPPY/5.25 IN./48 TPI/DOUBLE SIDED/DOUBLE DENSITY
- DATE
- 1990–1999
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0152.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Dysan Corp.
- MODEL
- 100
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC DISKS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.3 cm
- Width
- 13.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital peripheral devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Dysan
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1990S
- Canada
-
TYPE OF DATA STORAGE MEDIUM USED BY NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN OTTAWA. - Function
-
MEDIUM UPON WHICH COMPUTER DATA IS STORED MAGNETICALLY BY DISK DRIVE UNIT, USUALLY FOR LARGE SCALE AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE. - Technical
-
REUSABLE MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIUM INTRODUCED BY IBM IN 1971. FLOPPY WAS PRIMARY METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING PERSONAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE UNTIL MID-1990S WHEN CD-ROMS BECAME PREFERRED MEDIUM. SHUGART ASSOCIATES INTRODUCED 5.25 INCH FLOPPY DISK IN MID 1970'S. 5.25" DISKETTE GAVE WAY TO 3.5" FORMAT IN MID-1990S (REFS 1& 2). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GOLD LETTERING ON MAROON & BLUE LABEL READS "Dysan 100/ FORMATTED FOR IBM PC (R) XT (TM)/ AND COMPATIBLES/ DOUBLE SIDED - DOUBLE DENSITY/ 48 TPI/ REORDER #802600"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Dysan Corp., Disk, storage, between 1990–1999, Artifact no. 2000.0152, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0152.001/
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