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From: skhurana@watnot.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Flippy Floppys for Flippin PC's
Message-ID: <12698@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 15:40:42 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 25 15:40:42 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Mar-87 07:42:56 EST
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Reply-To: skhurana@watnot.UUCP (Sanjiv Khurana)
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In article <2354@usceast.UUCP> godawski@usceast.UUCP (Mike godawski) writes:
>Anybody know why I can not make flippy floppys (use a dsdd disk as 2 ssdd
>floppy disks) on my IBM-PC compatible?  .....
>
>Does my problem have to do with the little hole by the hub hole, or lack
>thereof on the side in question?

That is the reason why you cannot use the other side, you need an
index hole on the other side of the hub of the diskette.  This is
generally used by the disk controller to find track zero on the disk so
it can read the directory.  If you really wanted to  use the other side
you could CAREFULLY make another little hole with a hole puncher
perhaps (although a U shaped notch would be easier to make with a
sharp  pair of sissors) on both faces of the disk.  I wouldn't
recommend it as you might ruin the disk.


>Mike Godawski    {ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!akgua!usceast!godawski


-Sanjiv

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