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Subject: Re: disk flipping
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Date: Fri, 18-Nov-83 15:01:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 18 15:01:00 1983
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Sally (et al):

I suspect not on your notching the DD/DD disk to flip and use the other side.
Remember the timing hole at about 1:30 or so just outside the hub of all
disks.  That kind of has to be at 1:30 or the sensor can't find it.

I HAVE cheated with some lousy word processor disks:  slit open the disk
cover, slid out the floppy itself (horrible, horrible - but I DIDN'T
touch the media, honest!), used a one-hold punch to punch a new hole in the
cover at 1:30 on the FLIP side, slid back in the media, taped it all
together, notched the edge of the cover as you described, and fired it up.
Worked just fine, though the disks were NOT rated for double-sided.

The key thing was that one-hole punch, though.

Regards,

David Kirschbaum
Toad Hall