3M 5.25" floppy (cut away)
physical object
Identifier
2010.1.22
Description
A 5.25" floppy disk, with a portion of the front cover removed to reveal the disk. A double-sided and double-density 5.25" floppy could store a maximum 1.2MB of data.
5.25" Floppy disk (c. 1970s-1990s)
Floppy disks are rarely seen anymore! The 5.25" format could hold up to 1.2MB on a double-sided (DS) double-density (DD) magnetic disk, as the cut-out reveals here.
Related Term
Magnetic Disks (is described by)
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