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To: luckodeirish
Remember the paper-ish 5-1/4" floppy?

I always wondered why the plastic 3-1/2" disc was called a "floppy" - shouldn't it be called a "stiffy"?

So the DemonRats came armed with 3.5" stiffies.

86 posted on 12/08/2016 5:37:45 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (White. It's the new Invisible!)
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To: Aevery_Freeman
Remember the paper-ish 5-1/4" floppy? I always wondered why the plastic 3-1/2" disc was called a "floppy" - shouldn't it be called a "stiffy"?

The disc itself was floppy...the hard plastic was just a case....apologies if you already were aware of that..

174 posted on 12/08/2016 7:28:40 AM PST by DouglasKC
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