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From: tr@thumper.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Flippy Floppys for Flippin PC's
Message-ID: <532@thumper.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 12:09:43 EST
Article-I.D.: thumper.532
Posted: Wed Mar 25 12:09:43 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Mar-87 01:44:51 EST
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Summary: There is a way but you shouldn't.

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).
> 
> Does my problem have to do with the little hole by the hub hole, or lack
> thereof on the side in question?
> 
> [...]
> 
> Mike Godawski    {ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!akgua!usceast!godawski

Yes, you need the hole in the other side.  This will make it work.  I
think you need the hole on both faces of the jacket too.

But you shouldn't do this.  I understand that there is a fabric on the
inside of the jacket that serves as a brush.  It cleans the disk as
the disk rotates.  The fibers of the fabric are pointed in one
direction, as on a lint brush you use for clothes.  You could ruin
your disk by spinning it the wrong way.

When you ruin your disk, you lose your data.  Which is more valuable?
Have you ever heard the expression "penny wise, pound foolish"?

Tom Reingold

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