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From: jrg@Apple.COM (John R. Galloway Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Drilling holes in DS/DD -> DS/HD
Message-ID: <37258@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 14 Dec 89 07:36:25 GMT
References: <16918215MES@MSU> <5912@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Organization: Galloway Research
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In article <5912@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) writes:
>In article <16918215MES@MSU> you write:                                    
>>A student friend of mine said that a buddy of his drilled a hole        
>>in his DS/DD 3.5" floppy to convert it to a High Density disk,         
>>and IT WORKED! I know this is probably not advisable, but
.....[text deleted]
>  I know a few people that REGULARLY format 800k disks to HD format. They
>don't drill the hole, they use a soldering iron. This decreases the amount
>of loose material floating around inside the disk.
>                                 
In the Decemeber 1989 issue of IEEE Computer magazine, on page 90 (in the
product reviews section) there is a little article on a device specifically
designed to punch a little square hole in DS/DD floppies to make them into
HD floppies.  The device is called the "DoubleDisk Converter", and sells
for $39.95 from Biological engineering at 2674 E. Main St.  Ventura, CA 93003 .
Their phone number is (805) 644-1797.  Quoting from the article, quoting from
the manufacturer "There's a greater variation between different manufacturers'
specifications for high density disks than ther is between a manufacturer's
double density and high density 3.5 inch disks".  Draw your own conclusions,
I'm sure I don't buy enough floppies to warant hasseling with it either way, let
alone buying this item but, if you were a real floppy-ite it might warant some
investigation.
	-jrg

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apple!jrg	John R. Galloway, Jr.       contract programmer, San Jose, Ca

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