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Re: Disk notcher

Subject: Re: Disk notcher
From: winston19842005 <bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:29:07 -0400
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On 8/20/10 2:02 AM, in article
e10d07e0-5448-478e-bb8f-e4dd80a12e1b@k10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com, "Silicon
Sam" <siliconsam@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Aug 19, 8:01ï¿½am, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone have a disk notcher that they would be willing to part
>> with?
> 
>   When I built my custom //e, I just put a toggle switch on the front
> of the Disk ][ to defeat the write protect switch.  Didn't need to
> notch then.

Now that was a hell of an idea!  Wish I'd known enough about my 99/4A back
in the day when I was still notching disks...

I used a hole punch to punch the write protect notch AND the sector index
holes - that was a lot harder, but required on the TI.

References:
- Disk notcher
  - From: KP <kjpmail@gmail.com>
- Re: Disk notcher
  - From: Silicon Sam <siliconsam@gmail.com>

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