[Coco] Cutting WP notch on DSDD disks?
Theodore Evans (Alex)
alxevans at concentric.net
Wed Sep 29 18:37:16 EDT 2004
On Sep 29, 2004, at 12:05 PM, Robert Emery wrote:
>
> --- Jim Cox <jimcox at miba51.com> wrote:
>>
>> Bob suggested a hole punch, is there anything else out
>> there that can do the job. I tried using sissors, but it
>> was an ugly site.
>>
>
> What's wrong with the hole punch? That's what I used to make flippies
> all the
> time. If all you need is a write protect notch, just make a template
> to line
> it up and cut about 1/2 circle out and you're done.
For the CoCo, to make flippies you also need to make a second index
hole. The write protect hole method worked with Apple ][s, Commodore
64s, 8-bit Ataris, and possibly a few others.
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Theodore (Alex) Evans | 2B v ~2B = ?
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