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From: nts0302@dsacg3.UUCP (Bob Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: make your own HD 3 1/2 in floppies
Message-ID: <1546@dsacg3.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jul 89 12:00:28 GMT
References: <563@amms4.UUCP>
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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From article <563@amms4.UUCP>, by hjg@amms4.UUCP (Harry Gross):
-> In article <14333@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> genemans@mac.dartmouth.edu (Jan Genemans) writes:
-> 
-> just as someone came out with a tool for notching a 5 1/4" floppy so that
-> you could flip it over and use the other side (like in an Apple, for example,
-> which ONLY has single sided drives), i have seen a tool advertised in
-> PC-MAGAZINE for punching out the necessary hole.  Using a soldering iron is
-> risky, as the excessive heat could damage the disk itself. Also,just punching
-> a hole could leave little bits of plastic floating around.  The tool perportedly
-> avoids those problems.

I used a plain round hole paper punch on an old Apple ][+.  Worked great,
caught its own chips and didn't warp from the heat.

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