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Yes, there used to be 5.25 inch 100kb disks back in the Apple IIe days. and even an 8 inch disk back in the 70's
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The "floppy" word comes from the 5.25 inch ones that I used when I started playing with computers around 1986. They were "floppy" because they were very flexible or flimsy.
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Through the years there have been 12 inch, 8 inch, 5 1/4 inch disks. Oddly enough the larger they are the less data they hold.
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