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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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APRIL 2, 2024

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. This was around the same period that AT&T, still smarting from misadventures like the EO Personal Communicator , spun off Bell Labs as Lucent Technologies.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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APRIL 2, 2022

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. When the design of the Commodore 64 began, the overriding goals were simplicity and low cost.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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