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GeneralNo 5.25 drive? Pin
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trønderen25-May-23 11:34
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Yes, we had 360k 3.5" floppies. According to Museum of Obsolete Media[^], 360k floppies arrived in 1982, while 720k arrived in 1984. 1.44M arrived in 1987.

The 360 and 720 versions were physically similar, so you could reformat a 720 as a 360, and usually the other way around as well. 720 packed the data more densely, and required a higher quality. So manufacturers tested each disk for the 720 quality requirements, and those failing were sold as 360 at a lower price. As the manufacturing process improved, those not passing were still quite good and much cheaper. So the market for 360 kept up - but most of them were used as 720.

There were rumors (probably true) that when the manufacturers had enough 'passed' 720 floppies to satisfy the demand, the rest of the batch was left for the 360 marked without testing. Possibly, most or a lot of them would have passed as 720 if they had been tested, but with the 720 market saturated, labeling the rest as 360s to get them sold was better than just throwing them away Smile | :)
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