Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: 3.5 floppies
From:    Rob Mccart
Date:    Wed Feb 18, 2026 07:58

@VIA: CAPCITY2
PF> I think I mentioned this before, when there were 8 inch floppies, they
PF> were called "floppy" disks. 5 1/4were 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.

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

You're right about what most people called them, but I have old boxes
of the 3 1/2" ones and it does say Microfloppies on the label.

Later ones may have just said High Density 3 1/2" floppies..

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