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Re:Really Atari ST? by bentcorner on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @02:57PM (#24558428)
I've seen it used - IIRC the problem is that the media isn't rated for the storage that you're now asking of it, so while it may survive being written/read a few times, it'd fail sooner.
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Re:Really Atari ST? by monocasa on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @03:40PM (#24558899)
It might fail sooner, but you were banking on it essentially just being a binning distinction, that they didn't really do any testing either way and just stuck them in cases with or without the hole depending on what they thought they could sell at the time.

Did I lose files on fake doublesided disks? Yes. Did I lose files on real doublesided disks? Also yes.

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Re:Really Atari ST? by JohnBooty on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @03:38PM (#24558887)
Can confirm. I used to drill holes with a... well, a drill.

Totally worked. Capacity increased. Until one day your files were corrupted. And that day often came soon!

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Re:Really Atari ST? by andrewf on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @05:04PM (#24559873)
You're basically overclocking your storage medium.
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