Re: Using both sides of double sided disks

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

Scott Alfter (salfter@salfter.ncc74656.dyndns.org) wrote:

: In article <TamM5.157$mj2.7144@dca1-nnrp2.news.digex.net>,
: Frank Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:
: >I have forgotten how (or if) you do this.
: >
: >I am trying to replicate my original WordPerfect Apple IIc/IIe 5-1/4 DSDD
: >disks on three disks, as originally packaged.  I know the notches and holes
: >have to be added, but is there a too to do this?

: Back in the day, there were tools to cut a square write-enable notch
: opposite the one already on the disk.  A handheld single-hole punch worked
: as well, and was cheaper (and is still available today if you don't already
: have one).

...In fact I have one of those disk notchers sitting in the desk right
next to me right now... 8-)

If you have neither hole punch nor disk notcher, use a second disk as a
template (set the disks face-to-face and mark the position of the notch)
and cut the notch with a penknife; I notched a *lot* of disks that way
back when Radio Shack sold floppies for $8 each.....  8-)

As already noted, the Disk ][ (and its successors) do not use the timing
holes at the center of the disk.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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