Stop it! Re: Where can one find 2.5 inch floppy disks, and other odd sizes

From: Rob O'Donnell <classiccmp.org_at_irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Fri Apr 18 06:15:01 2003

At 19:23 16/04/2003 -0700, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:


>Anyone else have any Amlyn diskettes? (besides Sam) It's an EARLY 1.2M
>with 5 disks in a holder and a mechanism for changing disks under software
>control. The diskettes are usable as 1.2M, but have extra holes for the
>changing mechanism.

I remember back in my early BBC days, when the floppy drives were often
single-sided, being able to buy "flippable discs" - they had extra holes in
them so you could insert the disc into the drive either way up, and use
both sides!

You could also buy some natty little punches to allow you to modify stock
floppies in the same way.

Rob
Received on Fri Apr 18 2003 - 06:15:01 BST