17 Sep
2003
17 Sep
'03
2:36 p.m.
And thusly Fred Cisin spake:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Bryan Pope wrote:
Examine an 8" diskette. Draw an imaginary line on it, to check for
symmetry - if you were to put the disk in upside down, would the holes
line up? You will find that the write-access slot is symmetrical, but the
write protect notch is NOT symmetrically placed, nor is the position of
the index hole.
Oh! I thought you were talking about about the hole in the floppy disk..
I didn't think about the position of the hole in its jacket.
Thank-you for the clarification! :)
Bryan
But, if
you take a look at SS Single sided v DS double sided, the index
hole is in a different place!
In relation to what? How is the index hole in a
different place? (I have
only *seen* 8" floppies and drive, never actually used one)