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[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Both disks inside are “floppy”. It’s just a magnetic sheet.

“floppy” disks got their name from where they were floppy entirely, in their 8-inch then 5.25-inch form. That was before the hard shell 3.5-inch that you are remembering.