Nothing momentous here. Fabric-lined outer casing, the floppy medium, and the central “axle” to engage with the mechanism that will spin the disk. The three components I didn’t capture: the spring that keeps the metal cover over the case opening when not in use, the metal cover, and the write-protect button.
Compare the construction of this 1.44Mb floppy disk to the 100Mb Zip disk — not very different.
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...
![3½-inch floppy disk: case opened [Filler] by rhoing](https://media.365project.org/1/9406173_ceghmoxy36_l.jpg "3½-inch floppy disk: case opened [Filler] by rhoing")
