{"Justify" on}The 3{\ 189} inch floppy disc is the main archival medium for the Archimedes. This size of disc is the latest in a line of floppy disc sizes, each physically smaller then the last. The original size of floppy disc was 8 inch, followed by the 5{\ 188} inch popular on the IBM PC.
Despite the reductions in size, improved manufacturing techniques mean that all sizes of floppy disc can hold roughly the same amout of data (from about 600KB up to 1{\ 189} MBytes).
Remember that all magnetic media can be corrupted if exposed to other magnetic fields. These fields could be obvious ones like loudspeakers or the not so obvious ones like your monitor. It{\ 145}s not a good idea to leave your floppy discs sitting on top of the monitor.
Also remember that floppy discs can get damaged or fail. For this reason, you should never archive valuable documents to only{"Trinity.Bold" on} one {"Trinity.Bold" off}disc {\ 151} always use two.{"Justify" off}
