It's a little fuzzy, but if I I
remember you could use a whole punch to clip a notch in the disk, flip
over, and use the other side, too! 
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Nuvolari -- April 29, 2009 01:54AM
...at least that's what I remember from the old Apple II+, upgraded to 64k, baby! c. 1983
Back then we all just assumed a MicroSoft was some sort of pillow.
To date, that is the only computer that never crapped out. Runs like, uh, a swiss watch, actually.
The
world gave up using Basic, and ascii, that was the real down fall.
Well, that and that funky new unit called the "Mac". Surely just a fad.
I still have the II+ and a bunch of floppies (like Choplifter) up in the attic. I may retro "upgrade" to that from my Acer.
BTW, that watch is cool as hell!
(Apple II+) + STS Orbitors + windows = Asteroids?
Sort of . . . you also had to worry about the index hole near the big center hole >>> (Views: 5)
John Lind -- April 29, 2009 04:10AM
The notch on the edge was the "write protect" notch. Plus . . . didn't
work if it was a true SSSD (or later SSDD) disk. The old ones you
couldn't do that to . . . they were single sided . . . period (been
there . . . mid 1970's to very early 1980's). Wasn't until double-sided
drives and disks for them first started showing up in the marketplace
that one could get away with that . . . and yes, when that occurred
SSSD disks could be converted to DSSD . . . and SSDD could be converted
to DSDD using a punch. -John
I used to do that with my Commodore 64 5.25 inch floppies also. (Views: 8)
Chris L -- April 29, 2009 02:08AM
I worked more often than it didn't, since the name brand manufacturers
would make the same 2 sided Double Density material and just package it
as 1 sided or single density, without certifying for the extra capacity.
If
you used some cheap surplus floppies as a broke teenager such as myself
might, then there were more failures on the back side.
From out of the blue - a Space-Rated wristwatch I didn't even realize existed. 
Data Link, exact model as yet to be ascertained. 
to ye, Bro. Fox! 
Day-Date faux chrono. Interesting movement (an Akita brand! Totally new
to me!) which is, alas, dead as a doornail. So it will reside in Ricky
Lee's Wristwatch Salvage Yard, and no further attention will be given
to it 'til if and when it offers up some usable parts. 
in me coffee, I decided to see what I could do about it. 
