A new high density recording system
Jo Dale Carothers, Ralf Brunner, J. L. Dawson, M. O. Halfhill, R. E. Kubec · 1963
The development of the 1311 Disk Storage Drive began with the realization that although systems were available to meet the data processing requirements of many businesses, these systems were too big for small industries and businesses. Files which had been announced or were in development up to this time had large capacities with fast data handling capabilities but could not meet the low cost objective necessary for the smaller users.