On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Richard A. Cini wrote:
What kind of tricks are people using to
improve the contact
between the floppy disk and the spindle hub? I remember they made "hub
protectors" for 5.25" disks - is there something similar? Other ideas?
Yes, there were hub protectors for 8" diskettes.
I sold a bunch of Inmac ones at VCF a few years ago.
Howzbout: take a dead 8" diskette, cut out the center, and cement it to
the spindle hub, to extend it slightly?