Disk drive pioneer Al Shugart dead

[bousozoku]

He was the co-founder of Seagate and one of the earliest people involved with implementing disk drives. He died at 76.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16233636.htm

 

[sushi]

He was the co-founder of Seagate and one of the earliest people involved with implementing disk drives. He died at 76.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16233636.htm

Sad news!

He was sure one of the key pioneers for the PC industry.

 

[bousozoku]

If it weren't for him and a few others, we'd still be using paper and magnetic tape, as well as sequential files.