Floppy disk drive interface
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE INTERFACE
Shugart floppy bus; Floppy bus; Shugart floppy interface; Floppy interface; Shugart connector; Mini-floppy bus; Shugart interface bus; 34-pin mini-floppy bus; Shugart disk interface; Floppy disk interface; Floppy diskette interface; Shugart SA400 disk interface; 50-pin floppy bus; 34-pin floppy bus; SA400 disk interface; Shugart bus
Each generation of floppy disk drive (FDD) began with a variety of incompatible interfaces but soon evolved into one de facto standard interface for the generations of 8-inch FDDs, 5¼-inch FDDs and 3½-inch FDDs. For example, before adopting 3½-inch FDD standards for interface, media and form factor there were drives and media proposed by Hitachi, Tabor, Sony, Tandon, Shugart and Canon.