For a flippy 8” disk you don’t need to punch a notch as the write control is opposite of the 5.25. No notch is read-write. You will need to punch a new index hole in both sides of the jacket though.
Pete > On Sep 1, 2022, at 4:10 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Someone on Fesse Bouc just found a sealed box of SS/SD 8" floppies in > their garage. > > Most FB types are too young to know 8" disks existed, of course. > > Someone suggested punching a notch in them and using both sides. > > Was that even possible on 8" disks? > > (TBH single-sided actually-floppy floppies are before my time and I > never used 'em. When they were on low-end American 8-bit home > computers, this impecunious young Brit couldn't afford floppy drives > at all. By the time I could, 5.25" DS/DD was the cheapest drive and > cheapest media.) > > -- > Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > UK: (+44) 7939-087884 ~ Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053
