10 Jun
2026
10 Jun
'26
7:58 p.m.
On Wed, 10 Jun 2026, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
I see by historical records that IBM patented the
8" floppy disk in 1972.
It produced and released the disk in 1971. Was there a reason for this?
Happy computing.
Perhaps it simply means that IBM can manufacture faster than PTO can
process?
Did IBM "patent" in 1972, or was it merely the patent was graanted in
1972?