[Coco] Cutting WP notch on DSDD disks?

Theodore Evans (Alex) alxevans at concentric.net
Wed Sep 29 18:37:16 EDT 2004


On Sep 29, 2004, at 12:05 PM, Robert Emery wrote:

>
> --- Jim Cox <jimcox at miba51.com> wrote:
>>
>> Bob suggested a hole punch, is there anything else out
>> there that can do the job.  I tried using sissors, but it
>> was an ugly site.
>>
>
> What's wrong with the hole punch? That's what I used to make flippies 
> all the
> time. If all  you need is a write protect notch, just make a template 
> to line
> it up and cut about 1/2 circle out and you're done.

For the CoCo, to make flippies you also need to make a second index 
hole.  The write protect hole method worked with Apple ][s, Commodore 
64s, 8-bit Ataris, and possibly a few others.

-- 
Theodore (Alex) Evans | 2B v ~2B = ?




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