25 Nov
2006
25 Nov
'06
4:59 p.m.
A couple of questions pop up on this Northstar diskette discussion. First, was
the oersted rating the same for all of the N* Horizon (and Advantage?)
diskettes? And to expand it a bit, what about other hard sectored diskettes ...
Heathkit, Vector Graphic, etc. And what about the 8" floppies? My knowledge in
this area is nil and I don't recall ever having read anything.
Second, it seems to me that someone has already made a punch for modifying
soft-sectored floppies to hard sectors. As Tony says, it shouldn't be hard to
do. As such, would there be much of a demand for such punches?
On 25 Nov 2006 at 13:34, woodelf wrote:
Can't one make a punch template and punch out
the holes needed?
Ok you have to kill a few disks in the process for the sleave and
floppy part.
The envelope wouldn't matter--you can usually reuse those.
I suppose you could punch some diskettes, but soft-sectored diskettes
are still pretty easy to get.
Cheers,
Chuck