> On Sep 1, 2022, at 4:10 AM, jim stephens via cctalk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> On 8/31/22 13:33, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
>> Someone on Fesse Bouc just found a sealed box of SS/SD 8" floppies in
>> their garage.
>>
>> Most FB types are too young to know 8" disks existed, of course.
>>
>> Someone suggested punching a notch in them and using both sides.
>>
>> Was that even possible on 8" disks?
>>
>> (TBH single-sided actually-floppy floppies are before my time and I
>> never used 'em. When they were on low-end American 8-bit home
>> computers, this impecunious young Brit couldn't afford floppy drives
>> at all. By the time I could, 5.25" DS/DD was the cheapest drive and
>> cheapest media.)
>>
> It would be possible but for the drives mostly being double sided.
> The most useful thing for a notcher was to make AOL and other
> mailer diskettes writable. Never did the double side thing
> much if ever.
>
> Sad day when AOL changed to CDs and you then had to make
> coasters or trash them.
> thanks
> Jim
>
If you have a SS/SD drive then yes, punching a notch in the sleeve
would allow you to flip the disk over and use the other side. I’ve done
this in the (very) distant past.
Most drives these days are DS and can R/W the SD disks without
issue, so I wouldn’t expect it to be necessary.
David
