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From: wist@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Bundy Wist)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3.5" Disk "notcher" wanted
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Date: 21 Aug 89 19:27:18 GMT
Reply-To: wist@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Bundy Wist)
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Another solution for you hardware hackers is to actually bypass the switch
sensor that looks for the 1.4/720 hole. On my TEAC 1.4M, this switch is just
opposite the write protect switch. I ran two wires from the switch to a 
two pole switch on the back of my computer.I installed this switch so my
drive can still read those ancient 720K disks whenever I come across them.
Otherwise, it thinks any 3.5" disk I put in there is a 1.4M disk regardless
of the notches in it. No probs as of yet (except no other "normal" 3.5"
drives can read my 1.4M disks because they are still in the 720K shell---
let's keep it that way :)

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bundy                           
wist@eniac.seas.upenn.edu