Floppy disk
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A floppy disk, diskette, or floppy diskette is a type of disk storage made from a thin, flexible disk coated with a magnetic storage medium. It is enclosed in a square or nearly square plastic shell l
8-inch (200 mm), 5.25-inch (130 mm), and 3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy disks
8-inch (200 mm), 5.25-inch (130 mm) (full height), and 3.5-inch (90 mm) drives
A 3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy disk removed from its housing
8-inch (200 mm) floppy disk, partially inserted in drive, (3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy diskette, in front, shown for scale)
Floppy disk variants
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The floppy disk is a data storage and transfer medium that was ubiquitous from the mid-1970s well into the 2000s. In addition to the four common generations of floppy disks, many other floppy disk for
Floppy disk
…130 mm) and 3.5 in (90 mm) drives were manufactured in a variety of sizes, most to fit standardized drive bays. Alongside the common disk sizes were non-classical sizes for specialized systems. The first commercial floppy disks, developed in the late 1960s, were 8 inches (200 mm) in diameter; they became commercially…
A Maxell-branded 3-inch Compact Floppy Disk
IBM DemiDiskette media and Model 341 FDD
Dysan 3¼" Flex Diskettes (P/N 802950)
MCD-1 drive and disk cassettes