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• Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You could punch a hole in the corner and double the capacity 😁

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  • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You couldn’t flip a 3.5in floppy

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    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You didn’t need to flip it, 3.5" readers could already read both sides, but the hole or lack of is what told them whether both sides were available. I’ve done it myself.

      webcommand.net/…/does-anyone-remember-the-floppy-…

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      • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Ahhhhh.

        By the time I came around they were all 1.44 floppies

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• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They were free and not everything needs 1.44MB.

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