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I heard that 3.5" disks were originally marketed as "stiffies" to help differentiate them from "floppies", the older 5.25" and 8" disks. But, as the story goes,
by jimt1234 3y ago
I heard that 3.5" disks were originally marketed as "stiffies" to help differentiate them from "floppies", the older 5.25" and 8" disks. But, as the story goes, someone pulled the plug for obvious reasons. Not sure if that's true; I want it to be true because it's hilarious, though.
- biugbkifcjk 3y agoCathode Ray Dude recently put out a new video on YouTube and mentions "stiffys" in that too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lUhDo7euPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lUhDo7euPs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiffy_disk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiffy_disk