Identity area
Reference code
CERN-OBJ-IT-036
Title
Verbatim Floppy Disk
Date(s)
- 1976 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Object
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Introduced under the name "Verbatim", Latin for "literally", these disks that sized more than 5¼ inches have become almost universal on dedicated word processing systems and personal computers. This format was replaced more slowly by the 3½-inch format, introduced for the first time in 1982. Compared to today, these large format disks stored very little data. In reality, they could only contain a few pages of text.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Public
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
13,5 cm 14 cm 0.1 cm
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
On loan, 513-R-052.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
CDS number
2273519
