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by adamdonahue 121 days ago
So a floppy disk has a disc inside?
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No because they weren't optical, they were magnetic.
Yes it did. They were magnetic disks. And they were floppy. The outer case of a 3.5" was solid but just rip it open and you can see the disk itself is floppy.

Edit: oh right, you're talking about the different spellings. Those were entirely arbitrary. We mixed between the two.

Sure does.