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From: pm@harry.CES.CWRU.Edu (Prabhaker Mateti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to notch 720kb to be 1.44mb
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Date: 10 Aug 88 18:15:06 GMT
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Reply-To: pm@harry.UUCP (Prabhaker Mateti)
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I have successfully used several 720k diskettes as 1.44Mb ones.  However,
format will show several k worth of bad sectors.

To make the hole, use a hot soldering iron and carefully shave off
the excess melt from both sides of the diskette.  This is far easier,
if a little smellier, than drilling.
prabhaker mateti,   case western reserve university,  cleveland, oh 44106
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