• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’ve never heard anyone call 3.5" discs, microfloppies. They are just floppies, despite not being the original size or even floppy anymore.

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      2 days ago

      Get off my lawn, whippersnappers. shakes fist

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk

      In 1984, IBM introduced with its PC/AT the 1.2 MB (1,228,800 bytes) dual-sided 5¼-inch floppy disk, but it never became very popular. IBM started using the 720 KB double density 3½-inch microfloppy disk on its Convertible laptop computer in 1986 and the 1.44 MB (1,474,560 bytes) high-density version with the IBM Personal System/2 (PS/2) line in 1987. These disk drives could be added to older PC models.