Disk, storage

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OBJECT TYPE: FLOPPY/5.25 IN./48 TPI/DOUBLE SIDED/DOUBLE DENSITY
DATE: 1990–1999
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0152.003

MANUFACTURER: Dysan Corp.
MODEL: 100
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
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: N/A
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://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0152.003/

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