14 Facts About IBM 350

IBM 350 manufactured 8-inch floppy disk drives from 1969 until the mid-1980s, but did not become a significant manufacturer of smaller-sized, 5.

IBM 350 always offered its magnetic disk drives for sale but did not offer them with original equipment manufacturer terms until 1981.

IBM 350 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 350 355, was announced for the IBM 350 650 RAMAC computer system.

Nonetheless, double capacity versions of the IBM 350 were announced in January 1959 and shipped later the same year.

IBM 350 355 was announced on September 14,1956, as an addition to the popular IBM 350 650.

In February 1985 IBM 350 announced a double density version – the Extended Capability Models of the 3380 having 5.

IBM 350 first introduced the 8-inch FDD in 1971 as a read only program load device.

IBM 350 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 350 made extensive preparations to manufacture such models and smaller form factors but cancelled all such efforts in 1985.

IBM 350 7320 is a magnetic drum storage unit announced in 1962.

IBM 350 2301 is a magnetic drum storage device introduced in the late 1960s.

IBM 350 2303 is a magnetic drum storage device introduced in 1964.

IBM 350 2321 Data Cell announced in 1964 is a device that uses short strips of magnetic tape to store data.