Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!bu.edu!inmet!newbie
From: newbie@inmet.UUCP (Chris Newbold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Hole puncher to transform DD disks into HD
Message-ID: <469@inmet.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 90 14:21:05 GMT
References: <1990Jul20.185341.9797@ariel.unm.edu> <31214@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Reply-To: newbie@inmet.UUCP (Chris Newbold)
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In article <31214@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> trljim@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
>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.


Ok.  That's nice, but it takes too long for me.  I just whip out a largish
pair of scissors and clip the corner off the disk.  This is best done with
a label already stuck on, as it will hold the two halves of the case together
during and after the operation.  So far, it works great.  You just have to
be careful not to take off too much... :-)  Also, you don't have to worry
about getting scraps from the drilling inside.

One last note:  Use caution when inserting so-modified disks into Macs.
I have seen a couple get jammed on ejects because the case has caught on
something and separated.  No problems on PC's, though...  Happing clipping!



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