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Flippy disk — A flippy disk (sometimes known as a flippy ) is a double sided 5¼ floppy disk, specially modified so that the two sides can be used independently (but not simultaneously) in single sided drives. Use of flippy disks was most common during the 8… … Wikipedia
flippy — 1. adjective Having a tendency to flip. 2. noun a flippy disk … Wiktionary
floppy disk — noun A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB. Syn: disk, diskette, floppy, floppy diskette See Also: flippy disk, flippy diskette … Wiktionary
History of the floppy disk — 8 inch, 5¼ inch, and 3½ inch floppy disks Over the history of the floppy disk a number of different formats were used. Floppy disks have now been largely superseded by other storage media and by network file transfer. Contents … Wikipedia
Floppy disk format — and density refer to the logical and physical layout of data stored on a floppy disk. Since their introduction, there have been many popular and rare floppy disk types, densities, and formats used in computing, leading to much confusion over… … Wikipedia
Floppy disk — Floppy redirects here. For other uses, see Floppy (disambiguation). 8 inch, 5 1⁄4 inch, and 3 1⁄2 inch floppy disks … Wikipedia
Commodore 1541 — Front view of the most common version of the Commodore 1541 disk drive, with open disk slot. This version uses a Newtronics drive mechanism, and the rotating lever is used to hold the disk in place … Wikipedia
DOS XL — Screenshot of DOS XL Original author(s) Paul Laughton, Mark Rose, Bill Wilkinson and Mike Peters Developer(s) Optimized Systems Software … Wikipedia
The Eidolon — Infobox VG title = The Eidolon developer = Lucasfilm Games publisher = Epyx designer = Charlie Kellner engine = Custom released = 1985 genre = First person shooter, Adventure modes = Single player ratings = N/A platforms = Apple //, MSX, Atari… … Wikipedia
Koronis Rift — is a December 1985 computer game from Lucasfilm Games. It was produced and designed by Noah Falstein.The game was supplied on a flippy disk. One side had the Atari version, the other side had the Commodore 64 version. The Atari version required… … Wikipedia
