Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: 3.5 floppies
From:    Nightfox
Date:    Mon Feb 16, 2026 14:08

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  Re: Re: 3.5 floppies
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Mon Feb 16 2026 10:31 am

 Ni>> That may be, but it was common to just call the whole thing a floppy
 Ni>> disk.

 PF> I think I mentioned this before, when there were 8 inch floppies, they
 PF> were called "floppy" disks. 5 1/4 were mini-floppies, until 8 inch
 PF> floppies became rare, then they became floppies. When 3 1/2" floppies came
 PF> around, they were microfloppies, until they became the standard.

Maybe it's regional, but I don't recall anyone ever calling the 3 1/2" ones "microfloppies".  Just 3 & 1/2" floppies or 3 & 1/2" floppy disks.

Nightfox

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