Title:
Oral History Panel on IBM 1311 and 2311 Disk Drives

Date:
2005-02-22

Pages:
20 p.

Interviewer:
Porter, Jim; interviewer
Solyst, Erik; interviewee
Carothers, James; interviewee
Harker, John; interviewee
Rosenshteyn, Yan; cameraperson

Abstract:
In 1963 IBM shipped the 1311, the first disk drive using 14 inch diameter disks, which were contained in a 6 disk removable disk pack. Panel members had key roles in development of the 1311 and the 2311 drive which followed in 1965, doubling the capacity. The 14 inch disk and the removable disk pack established disk drive industry patterns which lasted a decade.

Keywords:
Solyst, Erik
Carothers, James
Harker, John
LCF

Rights:
Computer History Museum

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