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From: smvorkoetter@watmum.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Flippy Floppys for Flippin PC's
Message-ID: <897@watmum.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 20:36:55 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 25 20:36:55 1987
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Reply-To: smvorkoetter@watmum.UUCP (Stefan M. Vorkoetter)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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You have to have a round index hole opposite the existing one.  The easiest
way to make this is with a one hole punch (the plier type).  You won't wreck
the disk surface, because if you reach in far enough to punch the hole, the
tool will not reach as far as the recording area.  DO NOT punch through the
entire disk, just through the jacket on each side.  The best way to find out
where to put the hole is to use an old floppy jacket as a template.

WARNING:  Flippy disks are not recommended.  When the disk spins one way,
all the dust and dirt gets pushed into the lined "downspin" of it.  When you
flip it, all the dust comes out of the liner, visits your disk drive head
briefly (maybe leaving a few canyons) and goes into the liner on the other
side.  This is not good for your disk drives.