jan 1, 1967 - The floppy disk is invented at IBM by David Noble,
under the direction of Alan Shugart, for use with the System/370.
License royalties are paid to Doctor Yoshiro Nakamatsu in Tokyo,
who claimed he got the idea for the floppy disk in 1950.
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