I remember buying a "notching" tool from Radio Shack so the 5 1//4" disks could be formatted "Double Density" - or do I have that wrong. Anyway, I remember the notching tool from Radio Shack and using it on floppies.
On 9/18/07, Robert Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's 5.25".... > for the sake of correctness.... they came in 8", 5.25" and 3.5" > > Oh the times we live in.... > > I still remember having to punch out the 5.25" disks so that I could get > double sided use out of them (by flipping them over). > > And before that, I remember having to hit 'play' on the cassette recorder > and > then type a command in the computer to begin readind data in. > > I feel old. > > On Friday 14 September 2007 21:01:27 Graham Monk wrote: > > I can pass them on to a friend that keeps older equipment as a hobby, > > he still has 5.5 inch drives! If someone else needs them, go for it. > > > > graham > > > > On 9/14/07, sgrover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My roommate was cleaning out boxes, and came across some 3 1/2" floppy > > > disks and wants to chuck them. Anyone have a need for approx 50 > > > floppies? I'll be tossing them on Monday if I've had no response by > > > then... > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > >
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