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Re:Flipping your Disk (1981) by aperrien on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:56PM (#21119598)
When I was a kid, I made an alignment tool out of cardboard, and later plastic from old whipped cream containers.
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Re:Flipping your Disk (1981) by ansible on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:00PM (#21120471)
Yup, I made my alignment tool from a floppy disk sleeve. Made it easy to mark the location with a pencil, and then go in with the hole-punch to get it exactly right.
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Re:Flipping your Disk (1981) by dwd on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:27PM (#21120621)
I just used a different disk to measure the depth and a Stanley knife with a fresh blade tip.

Get all nostelgic for those good old days when you messed around with the hardware.

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