flippy-floppy

flippy-floppy definition - computer

A method for increasing the capacity of a single-sided 5.25" floppy disk. It was converted to double-sided use by punching a second notch in the disk so that it could be flipped over and inserted upside down. This was a fleeting and poor approach to the storage problem of the early 1980s because the disk's rotation was alternated.



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