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The floppy disk is going to be a thing of the past.

It is a very small system, which can be run from a floppy disk.

Then the floppy disks were taken home by a secretary.

In a few moments I will give you a floppy disk.

Under Windows, the image comes with a small program for making the floppy disk.

The flag will be set if a program is run from a floppy disk.

During early years, floppy disks were included in the magazine.

"So you have all sorts of special information on floppy disks?"

The devices can hold far more data than floppy disks do.

So, do you put them in the briefcase or on a floppy disk?

Really now; how many programs do you know that actually fit on a floppy disk.

Without his having to ask, she took out the floppy disks and handed them to him.

The new program is large enough that it comes on 12 floppy disks in the 5.25-inch version.

Long gone are the days of using floppy disks as backup media.

In this article, you will learn more about what is inside a floppy disk drive and how it works.

It could read an entire floppy disk in about five seconds.

The source code itself was available on a set of floppy disks.

A floppy disk based machine was also released in 1983.

It could be stored on a single 360,000-byte floppy disk.

In the easy and cheap category, the floppy disk is king.

The hot new thing for 1988: floppy disks that offer full information on a company's cars.

They are warned not to share floppy disks or use a friend's computer.

As you will have gathered the images are too big to put on floppy disks.

He inserted a floppy disk into the computer and started it up.

Another group will look for the floppy disk in the top left area of the program and click it.

Yet she no longer has a computer with a diskette drive.

Almost every personal computer comes with at least one diskette drive.

Even people who buy only 10 or 20 diskettes a year have a lot at stake.

"Only one or two bad boxes from way over 200,000 diskettes."

"I'll make the delivery and bring back the diskette to you."

John snatched the diskette and ran to the next room.

I pick up the diskette and put it into my pocket.

As each diskettes is filled, you are prompted for another.

She said, "First of all, something that dangerous would not come in on diskettes."

You want to see him, make sure he has the right diskettes?"

Had the computer industry simply settled on a standard, the diskette would have died out years ago.

Up to four diskette drives were supported in a single system.

The progress of two games could be saved on a diskette.

Diskette drives are still found on most computers, even though few people make much use of them.

The price range on other types of diskettes is even wider.

It's a good thing, too, for not much seems to fit on a diskette anymore.

All can hold far more data than the diskette.

Actually, it does not take much compression to get a standard book onto a diskette.

The question is not a trivial one, especially for those companies that buy thousands of diskettes a year.

Yet it is the abundance of options that has kept the diskette around so long.

Then she took a pink plastic diskette out of her purse.

"Show me the body, and I'll reveal the location of the diskette."

The diskettes were specially designed for use on government flights.

The 3.5-inch diskettes are not immune, merely less likely candidates.

Shopping for diskettes by brand name has some advantages, of course.