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From: jvte@euraiv1.UUCP (Jan van 't Ent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3.5" disk drives and diskettes
Message-ID: <813@euraiv1.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 88 19:32:39 GMT
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Organization: Erasmus University EF/AIV,Rotterdam,Netherlands
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jjboritz@violet.waterloo.edu (Jim Boritz) writes:
>question is, "Can I punch holes in my 720K diskettes and use them at
>1.44Meg?"  
>I am more interested in whether the hardware can withstand this use as
>opposed to how the media will stand up to the punishment.

Yes, it *is* possible (if you succeed in punching a not too ragged hole)
although there is of course a media difference (double is not high); it
is also possible to tape over the hole of a 1.4M disk to use it at 720K
(that works for my Olivetti M280 for disks to be used elsewhere).