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  2. Floppy disk format - Wikipedia

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    Variables included the size of media (nominal 8-inch, 5 + 14-inch, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch and others), encoding of data on the media (FM, MFM, M²FM, GCR), the number of disk tracks, one or two sides, the number of sectors in each track, and hard- or soft-sectoring. Even media that was physically interchangeable between two systems might not ...

  3. List of floppy disk formats - Wikipedia

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    5 14 inch Double 2 80 21 256 840 kB 300 MFM [NB 1] Amstrad CPC/PCW: 3 inch Double 1 40 9 512 180 kB 300 MFM Single head drive, but double-sided floppy discs (total of 360 kB per floppy) Amstrad PCW8512/9512: 3 inch Double 2 80 9 512 720 kB 300 MFM 720 kB mode uses both sides - ensure disc inserted correct way up. Apple II: 5 14 inch ...

  4. Floppy disk variants - Wikipedia

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    A Maxell-branded 3-inch Compact Floppy Disk. The floppy disk is a data storage and transfer medium that was ubiquitous from the mid-1970s well into the 2000s. [1] Besides the 3½-inch and 5¼-inch formats used in IBM PC compatible systems, or the 8-inch format that preceded them, many proprietary floppy disk formats were developed, either using a different disk design or special layout and ...

  5. Floppy disk - Wikipedia

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    8-inch floppy disk, inserted in drive, (3½-inch floppy diskette, in front, shown for scale) 3½-inch, high-density floppy diskettes with adhesive labels affixed The first commercial floppy disks, developed in the late 1960s, were 8 inches (203.2 mm) in diameter; [4] [5] they became commercially available in 1971 as a component of IBM products and both drives and disks were then sold ...

  6. History of the floppy disk - Wikipedia

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    By 1988, the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch was outselling the 5 + 14-inch. [69] In South Africa, the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch format was generally called a stiffy disk, to distinguish it from the flexible 5 + 14-inch format. [70] [71] The term "3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch" or "3.5-inch" disk is and was rounded from the 90 mm actual dimension of one side of the ...

  7. List of disk drive form factors - Wikipedia

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    4 in × 1 in × 5.75 in (101.6 mm × 25.4 mm × 146 mm) = 376.77344 cm³. This smaller form factor is similar to that used in an HDD by Rodime in 1983, which was the same size as the "half height" 3½" FDD, i.e., 1.63 inches high. Today, the 1-inch high ("slimline" or "low-profile") version of this form factor is the most popular form used in ...

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