Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
From:    Rob Mccart
Date:    Sat Jan 17, 2026 08:41

@VIA: CAPCITY2
PF> Seconded - I found an old floppy with my registered versions of Qedit,
PF> Timed and Global War, and copied them from the 3.5" (remember when they
PF> were called "microfloppies"?) to my hard drive.

NI>I don't recall hearing anyone call them "microfloppies".

I still have a couple of original boxes of them here and they call
them Microfloppies right on the box.

NI>But it seems there is
  >some confusion about their name, especially today as most people haven't used
  >em in a while - I've seen some posts online where people try to say the 3.5"
  >cs weren't floppy disks because they were hard/rigid..  I think those people
  >ht be people too young to have used them though.

Yes, it's the disk that is floppy, not the sleeve it comes in.. B)

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