Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
From:    fusion
Date:    Fri Jan 16, 2026 09:09

@VIA: CFBBS
On 15 Jan 2026, Nightfox said the following...

 Ni>   Re: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
 Ni>   By: poindexter FORTRANto MIKE POWELL on Thu Jan 15 2026 08:15 am
 Ni>
 Ni>  PF> Seconded - I found an old floppy with my registered versions of Qedit
 Ni>  PF> Timed and Global War, and copied them from the 3.5" (remember when th
 Ni>  PF> were called "microfloppies"?) to my hard drive.
 Ni>
 Ni> I don't recall hearing anyone call them "microfloppies".  But it seems
 Ni> there is some confusion abouttheir name, especially today as most
 Ni> people haven't used them in a while - I've seen some posts online where
 Ni> people try to say the 3.5" discs weren't floppy disks because they were
 Ni> hard/rigid..  I think those people might be people too young to have
 Ni> used them though.

http://floppy.museum/35inch.htm

it'd be interesting if it were possible to get logs from thatMicrofloppy Industry Committee .. see if they debated ditching the word "floppy" entirely. maybe they though computers were already confusing enough for people and didn't want to add even more lingo. (or confuse hard disks with "regular disks" or something)

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