Re: Double Sided Disks ?

["Thug" <thug5@optusnet.com.au>]

>    I was wondering if someone knows where to pick up an old 5.25" disk
notcher?
>  I seem to only be coming across Double Sided disks, and not many have two
> notches in them.  (I know they use to make these because I bought them for
my
> Commodore (off topic) many years ago).  I also remember they made a disk
> notcher which would punch a notch in the disk, right where it needed to
be.
> Since I'm doing so much with my Apple ][ it seems a shame to waste the
back
> sides of these disks...

I always used a regular drill-style single-hole punch.

Take two floppies, place them front-to-front so you can line up the
position, and drill the opposite side. Sure you get a semi-circle cut-out
rather than a square cut-out, but it still works!


Michael