compatible with a floppy drive form factor. By 1983, Shugart Associates had shipped over 100,000 such drives.

1980s

In the early 1980s, in order to avoid development and start-up costs, the company turned to Matsushita Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation (then known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd), for its half-height 5 1/4-inch drives, sending that company on its way to becoming the largest floppy

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