Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: 3.5 floppies
From:    Mortar
Date:    Tue Feb 17, 2026 10:05

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  Re: Re: 3.5 floppies
  By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Feb 16 2026 14:08:00

> 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.

I just did a search on Google Images for "Micro Floppies" and sure enough, companies did use the term on their packaging.  We call them floppies out of conveinance.  Houmans love to verbally abbreviate things.

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