Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : DR. WHAT
From : Cougar428
Date : Sun May 11 2025 20:46:42

-=> Quoting Dr. What to Boraxman <=-

 -=> Boraxman wrote to mary4 <=-
 
 Bo> I just realised in another message I said I preferred 3.5".  Maybe I
 Bo> don't know, but the 1.2M were kind of "exotic" as I rarely actually saw
 Bo> them used.

 DW> They weren't around long as 3.5" floppies came out soon after to
 DW> correct the problems that floppies, in general, had.

 DW> ex:
 DW> 1.2M floppies looked identical to 360K floppies.  When the 3.5" ones
 DW> came out they added the extra hole so you could easily tell them apart.

 3.5" floppies also came with only one hole, 720K floppies - then came
 the 1.4M floppies with holes on both sides.

.... Nothing is ever lost. It's just where it doesn't belong.

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