How best to extract data from 5.25" disks?

pncFreak · Post by **pncFreak** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:15 pm

Red_Breast wrote: Anybody remember the flippy disk notcher? There's even a few of them on EBay.

Yup, but I used a pair of scissors instead. That way I could buy more single-sided floppies instead of wasting money on the notcher

Nikioko · Post by **Nikioko** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:09 am

pncFreak wrote:
Red_Breast wrote: Anybody remember the flippy disk notcher? There's even a few of them on EBay.
Yup, but I used a pair of scissors instead. That way I could buy more single-sided floppies instead of wasting money on the notcher

Did you notch 3.5" DD disks the same way?

pncFreak · Post by **pncFreak** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:59 am

Nikioko wrote:Did you notch 3.5" DD disks the same way?

Longcat · Post by **Longcat** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:17 pm

Nikioko wrote:
pncFreak wrote:
Red_Breast wrote: Anybody remember the flippy disk notcher? There's even a few of them on EBay.
Yup, but I used a pair of scissors instead. That way I could buy more single-sided floppies instead of wasting money on the notcher
Did you notch 3.5" DD disks the same way?

We did, at least:)

pncFreak · Post by **pncFreak** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:20 pm

Jonatan wrote:We did, at least:)

3½-inch ?

Longcat · Post by **Longcat** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:18 am

Sure:)

Nikioko · Post by **Nikioko** » Fri May 01, 2009 10:54 am

Well, I used to drill holes with a gimlet.