I have modified the Apple COPYA program so that I can specify the number of tracks that I want to format a disk for. The main drive that I use today is a Laser 40 track drive and most of my other drives can use up to 39 tracks, a 15% increase in capacity.
> Actually, the notchers did just the opposite. It allows you to use > the backside of a 5.25" disk by cutting a write notch into the disk's > sleeve. :) I personally pointed this out to him long before anybody on the list did. > I found a disk notching tool a couple of years ago, and was so > excited. I had been using 5.25" diskettes for about 15 years and > never bothered with one until then. :p For a couple of years I used a hole punch in order to use the back side of a disk. Then 20 years ago I bought a 'NIBBLR NOTCH' which was an adapted hole punch (along with software to make a disk use 36 tracks) that punched square notches at the proper place so you could use the back side of your disk. I still use it today as the only media I still use are 5.25" disks. > I for one never had a notched disk fail, and it was just amazing to be > able to double your disk storage space just by making a small notch. I all this time I still have never had a floppy that wasn't perfectly good on the back side. I have well over 600 disks. A few hundred of them are of the monthly magazine 'SOFTDISK', which started out using both sides of 1 disk, but soon used both sides of 2 disks, and later went ProDOS. I have modified the Apple COPYA program so that I can specify the number of tracks that I want to format a disk for. The main drive that I use today is a Laser 40 track drive and almost all of my other drives can use up to 39 tracks, a 15% increase in capacity. Dan Wallace ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
