One minor correction... Notching a single-sided/single-density disk would result in a double-sided/single-density disk. (not double density). Or has my memory gotten tooooo hazy on this? I was only a teen at the time.. :)
Shawn Kin Wong wrote: > I am starting to feel really old now. The notch was to allow the floppy to > flipped over to use the other side. The initial drives were single sided and > the notch was sensed by a micro-switch. The presence of the notch meant the > disk was writeable, where an absence of a notch (covered up notch) made the > disk write protected. > > Yes, some of us penny pinchers use to purchase SSSD (single-sided > single-density) disks and notched them and hoped the quality was good enough > to use as (single-sided double-density). I wonder if anyone has written this > up in a wiki? > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
