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From: zhahai@gaia.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Flippy Floppys for Flippin PC's
Message-ID: <304@gaia.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Mar-87 03:27:28 EST
Article-I.D.: gaia.304
Posted: Thu Mar 26 03:27:28 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Mar-87 06:04:06 EST
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Reply-To: zhahai@gaia.UUCP (Zhahai Stewart)
Organization: Gaia Corp., Boulder, CO
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Yes, your problem in trying to flip a DSDD floppy over to use as 2 SSDD
floppies probably is the index hole (the little hole near the center hub),
since you have already cut a new write protect notch.  Cutting another
index hole might work if you can do it without damaging the media or jacket.
Of course, flipping diskettes has been criticised on the grounds that dirt
tends to be picked up by the liner, and that spinning the disk backwards will
redeposit such back on the disk surface - I don't know if this is really
significant or another new wives tale.  In any case, floppies can be had
pretty cheaply - why not just get an extra box for use in transferring
between the DSDD & SSDD systems and be safe?     ~z~

-- 
Zhahai Stewart
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