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Re: Disk transfers help please

Paul Schlyter wrote:

In article <42d19912$0$5731$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com>,
Scott Alfter <salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org> wrote:



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In article <42D0CB3A.30C5AF8F@no.spam>, Simon  <no.spam@no.spam> wrote:


Andy McFadden a icrit :


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.



I used to use a pair of small scissors for that.  It looked less tidy, but
it worked fine.


I used all varieties of hole punches, specialized and not, and scissors
and knives.  All worked fine if carefully done (and I've seen some very
sloppy ones that worked fine, too).

...got the T-shirt.  ;-)

-michael

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