14 Facts About IBM 2310

IBM 2310 manufactured 8-inch floppy disk drives from 1969 until the mid-1980s, but did not become a significant manufacturer of smaller-sized, 5.

IBM 2310 always offered its magnetic disk drives for sale but did not offer them with original equipment manufacturer terms until 1981.

IBM 2310 uses many terms to describe its various magnetic disk drives, such as direct-access storage device, disk file and diskette file.

Simultaneously a very similar product, the IBM 2310 355, was announced for the IBM 2310 650 RAMAC computer system.

IBM 2310 355 was announced on September 14,1956, as an addition to the popular IBM 2310 650.

In February 1985 IBM 2310 announced a double density version – the Extended Capability Models of the 3380 having 5.

IBM 2310 first introduced the 8-inch FDD in 1971 as a read only program load device.

IBM 2310 was at one point was the world's largest purchaser of OEM 5¼-inch FDDs; its selection of the two-sided, 48 tpi model helped establish the model as the de facto industry standard.

IBM 2310 made extensive preparations to manufacture such models and smaller form factors but cancelled all such efforts in 1985.

IBM 2310 7320 is a magnetic drum storage unit announced in 1962.

IBM 2310 2301 is a magnetic drum storage device introduced in the late 1960s.

IBM 2310 2303 is a magnetic drum storage device introduced in 1964.

IBM 2310 2321 Data Cell announced in 1964 is a device that uses short strips of magnetic tape to store data.

IBM 2310 3850 Mass Storage System, announced in 1974, is a library system of tape cartridges that staged data from the cartridges onto physical IBM 2310 3330 or 3350 disk drives which then appeared to the system as virtual 3330 drives.