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• AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You couldn’t flip a 3.5in floppy

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  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ahhhhh.

      By the time I came around they were all 1.44 floppies

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      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Pfft, bloody kids… 😂

        I should have a look, I’ve got a load of old floppies here, so might have one I’ve punched 🙂

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