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From: trljim@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (James Sonnenmeier)
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Subject: Re: Hole puncher to transform DD disks into HD
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Date: 21 Jul 90 20:26:36 GMT
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In article <1990Jul20.185341.9797@ariel.unm.edu>, conner@carina.unm.edu (Steven Conner) writes...
> 
>In Computer Shopper magazine I saw an advertisment for a tool that would
>punch a hole in the corner of your 3.5" DD disks.  The ad claimed that this
>would allow you to safely format and use it as a HD disk.
> 
>Has anyone had any experience with this or a similar tool?
> 
>Does anyone have an opinion as to whether this will work in a safe and 
>dependable way?
> 
>Steven
>conner@carina.unm.edu


I've had success just simply drilling a hole where the other square hole 
should be.  People will flame me 'till I'm brown and crisp on this one but 
it works!.  You simply have to be careful not to get any chips of the case 
on the floppy.  I've had no reliability problems this way.

Just food for thought.

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