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==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name="Scott_2006">{{cite book |title=Upgrading and Repairing PCs |chapter=Floppy Disk Drives, Past and Present |author-last=Mueller |author-first=Scott |via=flylib.com |edition=17 |date=2006-03-24 |publisher=[[Que Publishing]] |isbn=0-7897-3404-4 |id={{ISBN|978-0-7897-3404-4}} {{EAN|2147483647}} |url=https://flylib.com/books/en/4.57.1.105/1/ |access-date=2022-01-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108230635/https://flylib.com/books/en/4.57.1.105/1/ |archive-date=2022-01-08 |quote-page= |quote=[β¦] all PC floppy disk drives are still based on (and mostly compatible with) the original [[Shugart Associates|Shugart]] designs, including the electrical and command interfaces. [β¦] The standard interface that all PC floppy disk drives use is called the Shugart Associates SA400 interface. It was invented in the 1970s and is based on the [[NEC 765]] controller chip.}}</ref> <ref name="Abraham_1983">{{cite magazine |title=Microfloppy Drives Achieve High Densities and Faster Data Access |author-last=Abraham |author-first=Robert |date=January 1983 |magazine=Computer Technology Review |volume= |number= |publisher= |issn= |page=239}}</ref> <ref name="OEM_400">{{cite book |title=SA400L Minifloppy Diskette Storage Drive |series=OEM Manual |date=November 1982 |orig-date=1981 |publisher=[[Shugart Associates|Shugart]] |publication-place=Sunnyvale, California, USA |id=P/N 39019-1 |url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/shugart/SA4xx/39019-1_SA400L_OEM_Manual_Nov82.pdf |access-date=2022-01-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727174108/http://bitsavers.org/pdf/shugart/SA4xx/39019-1_SA400L_OEM_Manual_Nov82.pdf |archive-date=2020-07-27}} (2+iv+29+1 pages)</ref> <ref name="OEM_SA800">{{cite book |title=SA800/801 Diskette Storage Drive |series=OEM Manual |date=May 1980 |publisher=[[Shugart Associates|Shugart]] |publication-place=Sunnyvale, California, USA |id=P/N 50574-4 |url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/shugart/SA8xx/50574-4_SA800_OEM_May80.pdf |access-date=2022-01-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309183338/http://bitsavers.org/pdf/shugart/SA8xx/50574-4_SA800_OEM_May80.pdf |archive-date=2021-03-09}} (1+iv+40+1 pages)</ref> <ref name="OEM_SA850">{{cite web |title=SA850/851 Bi-Compliant Double Sided Diskette Storage Drive |series=OEM Manual |date=November 1980 |publisher=[[Shugart Associates|Shugart]] |publication-place=Sunnyvale, California, USA |id=P/N 39017-0 |url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/shugart/SA8xx/39017-0_SA850_851_OEM_Manual_Nov80.pdf |access-date=2022-01-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129225035/http://bitsavers.org/pdf/shugart/SA8xx/39017-0_SA850_851_OEM_Manual_Nov80.pdf |archive-date=2020-11-29}} (1+iv+50+1 pages)</ref> <ref name="Porter_1982">{{cite magazine |author-last=Porter |author-first=James |date=February 1982 |title=Floppy-disk drives: a truly flexible industry standard |magazine=[[Mini-Micro Systems (magazine)|Mini-Micro Systems]] |volume= |number= |publisher=[[Cahners Publishing Company]] |issn= |pages=169, 171 |quote-pages=169, 171 |quote=[β¦] SA400, Industry standard for size and interface [β¦] SA800, SA801, SA850, SA851, Industry standard for size and interface [β¦]}}</ref> <ref name="Farquhar_2021">{{cite web |title=Floppy drive pinout |author-last=Farquhar |author-first=David "Dave" L. |date=2021-11-24 |work=The Silicon Underground |url=https://dfarq.homeip.net/floppy-drive-pinout/ |access-date=2022-01-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108230157/https://dfarq.homeip.net/floppy-drive-pinout/ |archive-date=2022-01-08 |quote=The pinouts for all these drives are all based on the original [[Shugart Associates|Shugart]] floppy drive [β¦ of the SA800 Series], but many manufacturers changed them slightly to suit their own purposes.}}</ref> <ref name="Davis_2015">{{cite web |title=Floppy Disk Drive Pinout |author-last=Davis |author-first=Larry |date=2015-06-13 |website=www.interbus.com |url=http://www.interfacebus.com/PC_Floppy_Drive_PinOut.html |access-date=2022-01-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107035902/http://www.interfacebus.com/PC_Floppy_Drive_PinOut.html |archive-date=2022-01-07}}</ref> }}
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