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And the metal foil disk technology they developed had been patented years before. Issued patents are a rarity for leading-edge technologies, but this technology had been leading by a decade, only nobody knew it.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides an extremely compact data storage and retrieval device which has the high capacity, reliability and speed of a hard disk drive while having the economy and ruggedness of a floppy disk drive. In a preferred embodiment, the device utilizes a flexible disk as in a floppy disk drive, but a non-contacting head as in a hard disk drive. Control electronics are housed within the device much as a hard disk drive so that the device may be connected to a computer in the same manner as a hard disk drive, without specialized external control hardware. At the same time, the device of the present invention may be removable, permitting multiple storage units to be interchanged like a floppy disk drive. Further, the device may be configured to allow Smart Card-like storage units to be developed with capacities that can be larger than 100 MB. The device may also be configured for assembly onto a computer mother board similar to electronic IC's.
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