4 May
2004
4 May
'04
6:37 a.m.
On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 22:16, Nico de Jong wrote:
Yeah, unlike 5.25", the placement of the index hole determines the
number of sides.
(OK physical reality determines that there are always two sides to a
floppy, the index hole just tells the drive which it may use.)
"You can insert a floppy disk into a drive eight different ways,
but only one of them is interesting."
-- GEORGE MORROW
(paraphrase, sorry, corrections appreciated)
On Thu, 29 Apr
2004, Charles H. Dickman wrote:
Be very careful when ordering
disks.
You must specificy whether they are single or double density, and single or
double sided.. Is there a source for new 8in floppy disks? New
old stock is fine. I
just would like a box of unused blank disks.