Northstar Horizon

From: Barry Peterson <bmpete_at_swbell.net>
Date: Sun Mar 1 16:31:57 1998

On Sat, 28 Feb 1998 19:40:18 +0000 (GMT), you said:

>> > What is even more anoying is that you can't use a double-sided 8" floppy
>> > in a single-sided drive. The index sensor is in the wrong place, you see.
>> > And punching extra holes in a few boxes-worth of disks is not my idea of
>> > a fun afternoon :-(.
>>
>> Set the box on the window sill, line up the laser, ...
>
>Alas not - you don't want to make extra index holes in the disk itself -
>only in the jacket. For the same reason you can't make a pile of the
>disks and drill/punch a hole through the lot

Slightly more complex, but possible; you just line up the index holes
and zap the jackets. (Implementation is up to the reader)
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Barry Peterson bmpete_at_swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
Received on Sun Mar 01 1998 - 16:31:57 GMT