1971, Designs: Cars, furniture, electronics, clothes IV

Fiat 127 Scout
- Designed and built by Carrozzeria Fissore, Savigliano, Italy, 1971
- Introduced at the 1971 Salone dell'Automobile di Torino, Italy
- Based on the Fiat 127

Fiat 127 Scout

Fiat 127 Scout

Fiat 127 Scout

NSU Ro 80 Pininfarina
- Designed by Paolo Martin at Pininfarina, Turin, Italy, 1971
- Built by Pininfarina, Turin, Italy, 1971
- Introduced at the 1971 Salone dell'Automobile di Torino, Italy
- Based on the NSU Ro 80

NSU Ro 80 Pininfarina

NSU Ro 80 Pininfarina

NSU Ro 80 Pininfarina

Porcelain Coffee Cups Chromatics
- Designed by Gerald Gulotta, USA, 1971
- Manufactured by Arzberg, West Germany, 1971

Porcelain Coffee Cups Chromatics

Porcelain Coffee Cups Chromatics

Ondalunga Rocking Chair
- Designed by Gastone Rinaldi, Italy, 1971
- Manufactured by Giuliano Pozzi, Italy, 1971

Ondalunga Rocking Chair

Ondalunga Rocking Chair

Sony Cassette-Corder TC-12
- Audio Tape Recorder
- Manufactured by Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, 1971

Sony Cassette-Corder TC-12

Sony Cassette-Corder TC-12

For Teens Only (USA, November 1971)

Fashions: The Fun Way to Go This Fall

1965, Designs: Cars, furniture, electronics, clothes IV

OSI Quattroruote Secura
- Designed by Quattroruote, Rozzano, Milano, Italy, 1965
- Built by Officine Stampaggi Industriali (OSI), Torino, Italy, 1965
- Introduced at the 1965 Salone dell'Automobile di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Based on the Fiat 1500C

OSI Quattroruote Secura

OSI Quattroruote Secura

OSI Quattroruote Secura

Ford Mustang Station Wagon
- Built by Intermeccanica, Torino, Italy, 1965
- Based on the Ford Mustang

Ford Mustang Station Wagon

Ford Mustang Station Wagon

Ford Mustang Station Wagon

Brionvega RR126
- Designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Italy, 1965
- Manufactured by Brionvega, Pordenone, Italy, 1965
- Radio / Record Player

Brionvega RR126

Brionvega RR126

Capri Sofa
- Designed by Johannes Andersen, Denmark, 1965
- Manufactured by Trensums Fatöljfabrik, Sweden, 1965

Capri Sofa

Capri Sofa

Sony-O-Matic TC-123
- Tape Recorder
- Manufactured by Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, 1965

Sony-O-Matic TC-123

Sony-O-Matic TC-123

Glas 2600 V8 flyer (Hans Glas GmbH, Dingolfing, West Germany)

Glas 2600 V8 flyer

Glas 2600 V8 flyer

1971, Science and Technology: First 8-inch Floppy Disk by IBM

In 1967, IBM began developing a drive that led to the creation of the world’s first floppy disk (diskette) and disk drive. It was commercially introduced in 1971 in an 8-inch (20 cm) read-only format. The inspiration came from the flexible magnetic disk used by Telefunken in its "Plattendiktiergerät Traveller" from 1959.

Left to right: 8-inch, 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy disk

A diskette is divided into tracks (radially) and sectors (angularly), whereas the Telefunken disk featured gramophone-like grooves. The first read-write floppy disk drive was the Memorex 650, introduced in 1972. Various storage capacities were available in the early years due to a lack of standardisation, a situation that persisted until the later years of the third generation (3.5-inch) floppy disks.

Telefunken "Plattendiktiergerät Traveller" 1959

Telefunken "Plattendiktiergerät Traveller" disc 1959

Properties of he IBM standard format

• disk diameter 20 cm (8-inch).
• SD (single density) with 250 kbit/s data rate or / DD (double density) with 500 kbit/s data rate
• 360 rpm (revolutions per minute)
• 26 sectors/track; 73 data tracks, 1 index track, 2 spare tracks, 1 reserved track
• 128 bytes/sector
• total disk capacity 3203128 bits (242944 bytes of data with this format)

Left to right: 8-inch, 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy disk drives

Trivia

• In late 1976, the 5.25-inch floppy disk and disk drive were introduced to the market by Shugart Associates.
• The first 3.5-inch diskette was introduced by Sony in 1981.