“I would like to maintain the floppy driver”

Re:“I would like to maintain the floppy driver” by tom_ on Friday August 02, 2019 @03:01PM (#20595626)

The disc inside is, but I'm not sure the disk as a whole is soft enough to qualify? The casing is definitely not as solid as the 3.5" or 3" ones, but it doesn't exactly flop even if held by a corner. Even folding one in half isn't especially easy.

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Re:“I would like to maintain the floppy driver” by xxs on Friday August 02, 2019 @03:23PM (#20595808)

they were totally soft, you could make a cylinder out of them and after releasing them - they got back in the original state.

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Re:“I would like to maintain the floppy driver” by tom_ on Friday August 02, 2019 @06:04PM (#20597014)

"Soft", that's arguable, though I might allow it. But "floppy"? I claim not!

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Re:“I would like to maintain the floppy driver” by xxs on Saturday August 03, 2019 @11:43AM (#20600942)

If you hold a 5.25" diskette at the edge, then shake/jerk your hand up and down, it resembles doggy floppy ears.

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Re:“I would like to maintain the floppy driver” by mattl on Friday August 02, 2019 @10:01PM (#20598164)

3” discs could take an eye out.

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