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마이크로드라이브
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마이크로드라이브

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Also known as MD/MicroDrive, 1" hard drive, 1" hard disk drive

The Microdrive was a miniature, one-inch hard disk drive released in 1998 by IBM. The idea was originally created in 1992 by Timothy J. Riley and Thomas R. Albrecht at the Almaden Research Center in San Jose. A team of engineers and designers at IBM's Fujisawa, Japan facility helped make the creation of the drive possible.

Key facts

Media.image
IBM Microdrive 0321.jpg
Media.caption
1 GB IBM Microdrive
Media.type
Hard disk drive
Media.encoding
RLL
Media.capacity
170 MB - 8 GB
Media.owner
Timothy J. Riley, Thomas R. Albrecht, IBM Fujisawa
Media.manufacturer
IBM, Hitachi
Media.dimensions
42.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 5.0 mm
Media.use
Portable audio players, Notebook computers, PDAs, Digital cameras
Media.released
September 9, 1998
Media.discontinued
2012

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
hard disk
Manufacturer
IBM
Image
MicroDrive1GB.jpg
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Commons category
Microdrives
connector
CompactFlash
different from
ZX Microdrive
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