Title:
Oral History of Jim McCoy

Date:
2005-10-03

Pages:
21 p.

Interviewer:
Porter, Jim; interviewer
McCoy, Jim, interviewee
Rosenshteyn, Yan; cameraperson

Abstract:
Jim McCoy had a diverse early working history, which included operating metal machining equipment, magnetic head manufacturing at IBM, managing magnetic head manufacturing at Cartridge Television for the first home video recorder, manufacturing video heads at Information Magnetics, product manager for data cartridge drives at Verbatim, and FDD product management at Shugart Associates. In 1980, he co-founded Quantum Corporation, and in 1982 he co-founded Maxtor Corporation, which became a leading disk drive manufacturer after pioneering the market for high performance 5.25 inch disk drives.

Keywords:
McCoy, Jim
Quantum
Maxtor
Shugart Associates
Cartridge Television
IBM
Verbatim
Singapore

Rights:
Computer History Museum

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