Now how do *you* know this? Unless I'm way off this wasn't long after you
were announced. :-)
Not doubting you may be right, BTW...
Andrew
> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:51:57 -0500 (EST)
> From: Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> To the best of my recollection IBM developed the 8" floppy originally
>> for updating the microcode on IBM mainframes.
>
> Close, the S/370's used the 8" floppy to load the microcode for the processor.
> The first product to use the 8" floppy was the IBM 3830 controller for the
> 3330 disk storage. It was announced in June of 1970 and described as "a
> device which loads storage control programs and non-resident diagnostic
> programs".
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