BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: 3.5 floppies
De:       fusion
Data:     Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:12:00 +0000
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On 16 Feb 2026, phigan said the following...
 
 ph>   Re: Re: 3.5 floppies
 ph>   By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Feb 16 2026 02:08 pm
 ph> 
 ph>  > Maybe it's regional, but I don't recall anyone ever calling the 3 1/2" 
 ph>  > "microfloppies".  Just 3 & 1/2" floppies or 3 & 1/2" floppy disks.
 ph> 
 ph> I think what he meant is that was what was printed on the packaging, vs
 ph> what people in the real world actually say out of their mouths when
 ph> referring to said object.
 ph> 
 ph> Do people "call" them miniSIM, microSIM, and nanoSIM when referring to
 ph> the little cards they used to put in their phones? No, they call them
 ph> SIM cards. Doesn't mean they didn't have some other "official" name :D.

it seems most of the companies settled on "diskette" so that's what i always called them. in fact i remember having a conversation with someone where we were using 'disk' for 5 1/4" and diskette for 3 1/2" so at least at one point that must have been a thing too..

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