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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. I bought them from a junk store, and maybe paid $2 for them. Before World War II, one company did attempt to manufacture a tape recorder in the U.S. inch floppy.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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The original intent had been a game machine, but at this point the personal-computer market was beginning to look promising. At a meeting of Charpentier, Winterble, and Tramiel, the decision was made to go for a personal computer. It’s a personal challenge. I personally had to play the heavy on a lot of stuff,” he said.

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