Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : Dr. What
From : Boraxman
Date : Sun May 11 2025 08:33 am

  Re: Re: floppy disks
  By: Dr. What to Boraxman on Sat May 10 2025 08:35 am

 > -=> Boraxman wrote to mary4 <=-
 >
 >  Bo> I just realised in another message I said I preferred 3.5".  Maybe I
 >  Bo> don't know, but the 1.2M were kind of "exotic" as I rarely actually saw
 >  Bo> them used.
 >
 > They weren't around long as 3.5" floppies came out soon after to correct the
 > problems that floppies, in general, had.
 >
 > ex:
 > 1.2M floppies looked identical to 360K floppies.  When the 3.5" ones came
 > out they added the extra hole so you could easily tell them apart.
 >
Almost identical.  I think they typically did not have the ring/hub in the centre of the disk.
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