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Found my old non floppies… oh no, a Grue! (lemm.ee)
submitted 8 months ago by rustyroofrack@lemm.ee to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

5.25” floppy disk: information stored on non rigid disc with non-rigid protective covering.

3.5” floppy disk: information stored on non rigid disc with rigid casing.

The newer, smaller disks were also called floppy because the actual disc inside was just as floppy as its predecessor.

I think OP was reluctant to call it their disk a floppy despite it being historically referred to as such

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago

I always called the 3.5 a "diskette" (or an "A drive" which was incorrect but everyone knew what you meant).