Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Hibou Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage Subject: Re: Floppies Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 06:07:41 +0100 Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6jefmlxb6j.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10884l7$173em$1@dont-email.me> <1089ge2$1fvl9$8@dont-email.me> <10a68ql$16tjt$1@dont-email.me> <68c6bbc5$0$402$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10a6rp4$1d082$5@dont-email.me> <2d9jplxvcn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a6t8d$1d082$8@dont-email.me> <4cnjplxbgm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <101fck52laaigefq5tubi6i7b0qpccmuic@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net iONOajxFGulfQzlPDxROTQP1hnt/TcbkUp7OpJ3KC7lMtEWmy8 Cancel-Lock: sha1:kKMUMAO4UaNgQXwV0R9ucZZwy6Q= sha256:CygR81NPj2JbJ/dT9XBWZm/ala2sZBl7mgOjP0+PyaE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB, fr In-Reply-To: <101fck52laaigefq5tubi6i7b0qpccmuic@4ax.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74204 alt.usage.english:1128139 Le 15/09/2025 à 04:20, Steve Hayes a écrit : > On 15 Sep 2025 01:56:16 GMT, rbowman wrote: >> >> In my experience in the US 5.25s were floppies and 3.5s were diskettes >> usually. I'm perpetually confused over whether it's disk or disc. I don't >> think I'm alone. > > My understanding was (is?) that if it's magnetic it's a disk and if > it's optical it's a disc. [...] The ratio disk:disc seems to be about the same for both optical and magnetic: I think it's a Transpondian difference: