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Old August 28th 20, 05:55 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
DerekF
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Default Why are they called 3.5 inch drives ?

On 27/08/2020 21:02, Ant wrote:
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

So do I and I also have a 1980's desktop that I have not turned on in a
while with Win 3.5
Derek
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