History (1991): $17 Per 2.88MB Sony Diskette !

At the PC Expo in New York City, NY, the Data Media Division of Sony Magnetic Products Group of America (Park Ridge, NJ) announced the first shipments of 3.5-inch 4MB floppy disks (2.88MB formatted).

The disks can be purchased from authorized office products dealers and distributors, superstores, stationers, and other retail merchandise outlets.

Additionally, Sony brand disks are supplied to duplicators and software development companies.

The new disks are available in boxes of 10 at a suggested list price of $169.50.

This article is an abstract of news published on the former paper version of Computer Data Storage Newsletter on issue ≠42, published on July 1991.