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Well, 5 1/4" disks were floppy on the inside & outside, so compared with them, 3.5" disks weren't floppy. To me, at least, the name 'floppy disk' already felt
by nullhole 2y ago
Well, 5 1/4" disks were floppy on the inside & outside, so compared with them, 3.5" disks weren't floppy.
To me, at least, the name 'floppy disk' already felt like an anachronism, even in the heyday of 3.5" disks.
- temp0826 2y agoI don't think they were as long-lived as their brethren, but can't forget about the extra floppy 8-inchers!
- drewzero1 2y agoI found one of those in a folder at work a few months ago and was surprised how extra-floppy it was. I grew up with mostly 3 1/2” diskettes and some 5 1/4” disks, so the "floppy" name always seemed like a bit of a stretch. Seeing an 8" disk really made more sense why they called it that. (Eight inches was a really clever size for storage in a paper-based office environment... It fits just right in a spot meant for a sheet of letter or A4!)
- julian_t 2y agoA South African colleague of mine reasoned that if 5.25" disks were "floppies", then the 3.5" ones must be "stiffies". Somehow this never caught on at work.
- edward28 2y agoHey, my stiffies' average size.