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From: coleman@lll-lcc.UUCP (Sam Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How reliable are "hole-punched" 720K disks at 1.44 MEG???
Message-ID: <2575@lll-lcc.UUCP>
Date: 22 Aug 89 18:36:48 GMT
References: <1516@aws.cme.nbs.gov> <1811@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu>
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Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, LCC, Livermore Ca
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Summary:

In article <1811@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu>, sac90286@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kubla Khan) writes:
> In article <1516@aws.cme.nbs.gov> durham@cme.nbs.gov (James H. Durham) writes:
> >I have read a lot recently about punching/melting a hole in your average
> >720K disk, then using it as a 1.44 meg disk.
> 
> >Now I have TONS of cheap bulk
> >disks (DS/DD) anc converting them over would save me a LOT of money.  How
> >reliable will these converted disks be...
> 

I've been using 720K disks at 1.44M in a PS/2 with no problems.  Haven't
even seen any bad spots.  I guess I would have a problem reading 'em on
a machine that looks at the hole, but I don't plan to try.  It seems to
me that people will be tempted to cut holes until the prices come down--
I hate to pay $3-4 for a 1.44M disk when a $1.50 720K disk will work just as
well (it's particularly aggravating when I can buy 1.2M 5.25" disks
that work flawlessly for 50 cents each.

Sam Coleman