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From: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Low Density vs High Density
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Date: 1 Mar 91 15:18:27 GMT
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In article <15110001@hppad.waterloo.hp.com> laszlo@hppad.waterloo.hp.com (Joe Laszlo) writes:
>
>I've been using DD disks as HD disks for a while too... so far one disk
>wouldn't format so I used it as an 800K (and it is fine).
[ ... ]
>Does anybody know where to get a 3.5" disk hole puncher? ( A good one; I
>remember using a single-hole punch for 5.25" disks in the old days... some
>machines used the timing hole and you had to open cut/force open the disk,
>take the floppy out, punch a symmetric timing hole, replace the floppy and
>tape the disk shut... )

How are you using DD disks as HD disks without the 3.5" hole puncher?

Apple 5.25"s didn't use the timing hole, so you didn't have to go
through all that fuss with opening the disk. I always used some sharp
scissors and another disk to get the write protect notch in the right
place...

I guess that's what you get from using IBM :-) (just kidding! Put that
flamethrower away!! I don't know if IBM drives use the timing hole or
not, but I think they do).

>---------------------------------
>    laszlo@waterloo.hp.com
>    jflaszlo@sunee.waterloo.edu
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