4/5/2024 0 Comments 3.5 inch floppy disk![]() ![]() ![]() The 3.5-inch floppy disk, or diskette as it was also known as, was a thin plastic high density storage medium that had a long and illustrious history. For the poor old 3.5-inch floppy, though, its time had come. Email was expanding beyond the miniscule population it had enjoyed in the late 90’s, to the point where files and compressed folders could be sent across the world in an instant, and the optical disc was currently the king of the portable storage medium. In a time where the average file size had grown to be nearly ten times its equivalent just a few years earlier, the user demanded a more portable means to carry their data around with them. In fact it’s surprising it managed to last the few years into the 21st century. The ancient form of data storage was getting a bit long in the tooth. The announcement came as no surprise to those who follow technology. It’s hard to believe that a mere 15 years ago, Dell Computers announced that they were phasing out 3.5-inch floppy disk drives from their line of products.
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