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scuzz, actually 8" floppy is where the "floppy" name came from.
8" (79K, 175K, 230K, 500K, 980K) drives came "first" ... the 5.25" 180K SS, 360KDS, then 1.2M HD DS came later and then 3.5" 720K SD/ 1.44M HD came
I have somewhere in da house some 8" and 5.25" drives and maybe some floppies if you cannot find a pic on the net, I can make some
Yea, I'm that old, and get off my lawn
lefty, the "old" when computer industry is involved is very relative, in a single lifetime a byte that was size of a human arm evolutes to 4G drive that is 1x1x1mm
Those first drives were niiiiice even the dshd 5.25 ones were cool, and useful to scavenge
hi arhi,
In South Africa they call 'floppies' ... 'stiffies'. not a joke.!
It's fairly common all round the world, but ONLY for 3.5 inch ones, which are'nt floppy at all being in stiff plastic casings.
Would you walk into your computer shop and ask for a 3.5 inch stiffie or a 3.5 inch floppy disk.?Wikipedia:
Floppy disk
A floppy disk is an obsolete data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible ("floppy") magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell.
Would you walk into your computer shop and ask for a 3.5 inch stiffie or a 3.5 inch floppy disk.?
No I wouldn't, and have never used the name
However, it is (or was) common all over the place.