Re: Disk transfers help please

[salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <42D0CB3A.30C5AF8F@no.spam>, Simon  <no.spam@no.spam> wrote:
>Andy McFadden a �crit :
>> It's possible there's nothing there.  Generally speaking, if you don't
>> see a write-protect notch cut on both sides, there probably isn't anything
>> on the back.
>
>They are indeed cut on both sides - seems the owner didn't have much
>disks ;-)

He probably had a disk notcher.  They were somewhat common back in the day. 
(I think I still have one or two of them kicking around somewhere...)

You could also half-ass the job with a one-hole punch (making a mostly round
hole) or scissors (making a wedge-shaped notch), but a disk notcher made a
squared-off notch that was most likely to work the first time.

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