Hi Leif,
I took a look at my notcher, indeed it's for the 3.5", but it's to convert the
1.44 to 2.88 disks.
I don't recall, but I think there was much better options by the time the 2.88
was to become popular. Zip drives? USB drives?
I think I tried (long time ago) to convert a bunch of cheap 720's to 1.44 (by
using my soldering iron to burn a hole)
The 720's came from Bi-Way (remember that store?). It did not work... indeed,
the density was not the same.
I know for fact that the low density 5.25's use a totally different type of
magnetic media than the high density
In the security field, magstripe cards came in 2 flavours, low coercivity and
high coercivity.
High coercivity was dark, while low was brown in colour. I believe the disks
had the same shift in material, not 100% sure.
Cheers,
Josh
________________________________________
From: torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
behalf of Leif Bloomquist <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 9, 2015 11:37 AM
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Diskette notcher
Is that even possible with the 3.5"s? I assumed the media was
different densities or something.
I have one for the 5.25", not for sale though ;-)
-Leif
--
Leif Bloomquist | leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | +1 416-737-2328 | Check out
my blog! http://www.jammingsignal.com
"Every choice, no matter how small, begins a new story." - xkcd
On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Jbensadon <jbensadon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I believe I have one for 3.5" disks.... let me check, I'm now not sure...
did they ever notch the 3.5's to make the 720's into 1.44's?
________________________________
From: torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
behalf of Frank Michielli <bigmanfrank@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2015 10:30 PM
To: Toronto CBM List
Subject: [torontocbm] Diskette notcher
Wondering if anyone has a diskette notcher that they are willing to sell?
Looking for one.
Please let me know and thanks!
Frank
_o/ Sent from IOS Outlook
