Subj : Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Jan 16 2026 08:16:13

-=> Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ni> I don't recall hearing anyone call them "microfloppies".  But it seems
 Ni> there is some confusion about their name, especially today as most
 Ni> people haven't used them in a while - I've seen some posts online where
 Ni> people try to say the 3.5" discs weren't floppy disks because they were
 Ni> hard/rigid..  I think those people might be people too young to have
 Ni> used them though.

 8 inch floppy disks were floppies. 5 1/4" disks were mini-floppies. 3
 1/2" disks were micro-floppies, if memory serves. This would have been
 before the IBM PC, when people referred to PC-sized computers as
 "Microcomputers".

 At least, that's what you'll hear on Computer Chronicles. The suited
 guests on the show were from corporate, LAN-based companies, usually,
 might have been more marketing driven than colloquial.




 
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