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From: tj@mks.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Flippy Floppys for Flippin PC's
Message-ID: <235@mks.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 22:25:52 EST
Article-I.D.: mks.235
Posted: Wed Mar 25 22:25:52 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Mar-87 04:40:42 EST
References: <517@cpocd2.UUCP> <4490001@hpcvck.HP> <2354@usceast.UUCP>
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ont.
Lines: 28
Summary: Another hole needed near hub

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?  I have cut a precision (as precision
> as a rasor blade can get) notch on the opposite side of the other wr. pro. 
> notch, and when I put the disk in upside down to format a:/1, I get
> a format failure on drive A:.  When I format a: (with the disk the "proper"
> way, I have no problems--I get 360K free with NO bad sectors).

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