Flipping your Disk (1981)

Re:Flipping your Disk (1981) by simmons on Monday September 30, 2019 @02:17PM (#21118150)

Hmm, using a hole puncher is a pretty clever idea. If I had thought of that, instead of crudely sawing off a notch with scissors, maybe my success rate would have been higher. ;)

You can also punch holes in 3.5-inch double-density disks to attempt to turn them into high-density disks. :)

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Re:Flipping your Disk (1981) by colanderman on Monday September 30, 2019 @02:37PM (#21118371)

There actually existed hole punchers specifically for floppy disks. You lined them up to the corner of the floppy, and they'd punch a square hole at the proper location.

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Re:Flipping your Disk (1981) by stallmanite on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @08:49AM (#21124727)

I must have been spoiled I thought those were really common. Every computer I used had one sitting nearby.

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Re:Flipping your Disk (1981) by myself248 on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:13PM (#21118685)

I recently found a large stash of these and gave them away at VCFMW. Then I found more in my basement...

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Re:Flipping your Disk (1981) by benj111 on Monday September 30, 2019 @05:27PM (#21119816)

I'll trade you one for my mouse roller cleaner, I'll even chuck in a mouse mat, and an AOL disc.

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