Gil,
Sounds as "bad" as when 1.4 FDs cost 4 times what 720 FDs cost, and how
nice it was that the plastic cover already had the spot marked where a
pencil soldering iron could magically transfor 720 to 1.4 };> Despite
mfr's lies, the modified diskettes maintain integrity just as long as
the expensive ones punched at the factory. Unlike the 5.25" SD,HD & DD
surfaces -- which truly were very different -- the medium in the 3.5"
diskettes was the same.
l.d.
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:29:06 -0600, Gil Parrish wrote:
> Some 5-1/4" drives didn't use the index hole (e.g., Commodore), but some
> did, and users found they could punch their own holes to make flippies.
> After all, the extra hole is in the jacket, not the magnetic media, so laser
> precision or fancy equipment wasn't needed. You'd create a form by cutting
> the media out of a jacket, flip the jacket over, use that as a guide to mark
> the intended location of the new access hole on the target floppy, then take
> a single hole paper punch, and from the center ring slide it between the
> media & jacket to the marked spot and, presto! your own flippy. One might
> think you would scratch up the media or confuse the drive if the access hole
> wasn't in exactly the right spot, etc., but actually the process worked
> every time I tried it.
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