rustyroofrack@lemm.ee to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoFound my old non floppies… oh no, a Grue!lemm.eeimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down16
arrow-up1292arrow-down1imageFound my old non floppies… oh no, a Grue!lemm.eerustyroofrack@lemm.ee to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarevirku@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months agoThe 5.25 inch floppy disk were actually very bendy (floppy), while the 3.5 inch one was rigid, so I guess that’s why OP named it that?
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoYeah. Everyone I knew always called them floppies whether they were 8" (mostly before my time), 5¼" or 3.5". Op was probably just adding for humor or something.
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoI worked at a university computer lab in the late 90s, and soooo many people referred to the 3.5"ers as “hard disks.”
minus-squarevirku@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoThat one hurt! I don’t know if it is because it was so wrong, or if it is because it was kind of logical.
The 5.25 inch floppy disk were actually very bendy (floppy), while the 3.5 inch one was rigid, so I guess that’s why OP named it that?
Yeah. Everyone I knew always called them floppies whether they were 8" (mostly before my time), 5¼" or 3.5". Op was probably just adding for humor or something.
I worked at a university computer lab in the late 90s, and soooo many people referred to the 3.5"ers as “hard disks.”
That one hurt! I don’t know if it is because it was so wrong, or if it is because it was kind of logical.