2006-09-08 07:38:53 · 38 answers · asked by b7jac 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
If you soak them in water for three years then they do become floppy, that's why.
2006-09-08 07:41:23 · answer #1 · answered by texas0413 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the 1980's and before we had 8" disks that were bendable and were called "floppies". By Dec. 1983 when I got my first home computer, my drives were 5 1/4 inch and the disks were still bendable and still called "floppies". No HD then. About that time at a computer swap meet I bought my wife a t-shirt with dual floppy disks pictured on the front. I've never seen her wear it. Wonder why? Anyway, we had 2 hard covered floppies come into existence. One, the 3" by Sony, did not survive. But the other did and that is what we have today. And for some reason even thru it is not bendable, it is still called a "floppy".
2006-09-08 07:50:49 · answer #2 · answered by James S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the original 5 1/2 inch floppy discs for old computers such as the Commodore 64 were floppy.
2006-09-08 07:41:43 · answer #3 · answered by camus0281 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they used to be!
5 1/2" and even old 10 and 12" disks were deffinatly FLOPPY!!
even the media in a 3 1/2" is still floppy. like a floppy vinal record.
2006-09-08 07:49:08 · answer #4 · answered by Banderes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when they were 5 1/4" discs, they were floppy
2006-09-08 07:41:22 · answer #5 · answered by wolvesfan1590 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because where would be the fun in taking the mickey out of something other than a 3 1/2" floppy...
ttfn ;o)
2006-09-08 07:45:48 · answer #6 · answered by Pan_24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used to be (relatively) floppy in the days when PCs were first invented. They were about 5 inches square as opposed to the smaller ones you get now, which are encased in a hard plastic material. Think "floppy disk", as opposed to the "hard disk" which is inside your PC (unless of course you have an external hard drive). Hope that clarifies things for you.
2006-09-08 07:45:17 · answer #7 · answered by Jackie J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its the actual disc inside the case thats floppy :)
2006-09-08 07:40:51 · answer #8 · answered by Blue robbin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The disk inside of the plastic part is floppy
2006-09-08 07:40:46 · answer #9 · answered by SinginChic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term floppy refers to the magnetic media itself which is flexible. In the past the outside was "floppy" as well, but with the 3.5" discs they changed to a hard exterior, but the insides are still flexible.
Harddiscs refer to the media as well, a rigid media.
2006-09-08 07:41:38 · answer #10 · answered by playswithstuff 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually they are, even the 3 1/2 disk, it originated with the 5 1/4 inch disk which you seldom see any more (that was a true floppy), kinda like 8 tracks, VHS and cassettes
2006-09-08 07:45:22 · answer #11 · answered by lobo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋