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1. dirkc+Di[view] [source] 2026-02-03 07:26:12
>>Galaxy+(OP)
We used to call the 1.44MB (3.5inch) disk stiffies, since they are rigid, while the physically bigger disks we used to refer to as floppies.

And they used to fail all the time, especially when you had something that spanned more than a single disk.

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2. lprove+Z32[view] [source] 2026-02-03 17:55:45
>>dirkc+Di
> We used to call the 1.44MB (3.5inch) disk stiffies

Are you from South Africa? I understand it was the standard slang name there -- and nowhere else, because of the double entendre.

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