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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 8 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I was too young to catch the 5.25 ones, but had a 3.5 floppy drive. For me the question was more of "where did B: go?"

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[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

A: had the DOS used to boot the computer, B: had the application. There was no C:. Then 5.25 floppies died and most people didn't see the need for a second 3.5 drive, hence A: and B:

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 5 days ago (2 children)

No one ever used the B:

Games needing two floppies only worked in the A: or so it was for me...

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