On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Barry Peterson wrote:
> 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)
Still not good as the hole in the jacket needs to be rather larger than
the hole in the disk itself.
- don
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