Amstrad’s choice of 3-inch floppy drives was likely driven by cost savings—especially reusing common 5.25-inch controllers and drivers—rather than the long-rumored bankruptcy-auction or scrapheap explanations. Readers recall the disks as robust and reliable, though expensive and lower-capacity than 3.5-inch media. The format also appeared in Sinclair/Amstrad machines and a few niche systems, but 3.5-inch drives soon became the standard.