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Old August 27th 20, 09:02 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Why are they called 3.5 inch drives ?

DerekF wrote:
When 3.5 inch drives measure approximately 4 inches wide, 5.8 inches
long and 0.8 inches thick, based on the dimensions of a 1 TB
desktop-class drive.
Derek


I still have my 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s and their drives. :P
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