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From: akcs.amparsonjr@vpnet.UUCP (Anthony M. Parson, Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3.5" Disk "Notcher" wanted
Message-ID: <[2510dd83:1315.12]comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@vpnet.UUCP>
Date: 15 Sep 89 15:00:06 GMT
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Seems that everyone I know with a 720/1.44 drive is trying to use 720K
floppies with a second hole.  If it's true that data is lost, because the
media quality is not as good as it should be for 1.44 density, there will be
a _LOT_ of unhappy hackers before Christmas.  I'm trying it anyway.  I use
the soldering iron technique, with an aluminum form to precisely do the hole.
After formatting each at 1.44, I do a CHKDSK on each.  So far I've used them
with Fastback.  Only 18 disks @ 1.44M, compared to 66 disks @ 360K, in much
less time!
                                         Tony
                                 (_GOT_ to get a fancier tag line)