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You kids! It’s called a floppy drive. Back in the day, not even the drives were rigid.

by pletnes 7y ago

moron4hire 7y ago
When working on the bleeding edge, it's necessary to be flexible, no matter the era.
- dscpls 7y ago
  This is the best comment here
  - dscpls 7y ago
    Always amazes me that people find it necessary to downvote a comment like this
    - moron4hire 7y ago
      For what it's worth, I upvoted you. The points are free. Why be stingy?
    - ad_hominem 7y ago
      If you prefer a low effort / high noise comment environment that rewards puns, there's always Reddit
      - moron4hire 7y ago
        HN is not immune to this phenomenon. It just has its own versions.
sslayer 7y ago
the 5 1/4" ones were all floppy!
- deleted 7y ago
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- imglorp 7y ago
  As were the 8" hard sectored diskettes. Don't forget the write-protect notch.
  - PopeDotNinja 7y ago
    > Don't forget the write-protect notch. And don't forget you can notch each side for double the storage!
    - tom_ 7y ago
      May not be a great idea: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15189#p204750 https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15189#p204... ```just a word of warning, copy everything off them [commercially-available flippable 5.25" BBC Micro disks] quick, as the 'side2' goes backwards to the cotton cloth cleaner inside the 5 1/4" case, so basically all the crap caught in it then end up coming out when playing other flip side :(''' (No idea how common this phenomenon might have been! - I've always had double-sided drives, so I've always used the other side of the disk in the normal fashion.)
      - xxs 7y ago
        The 1st thing you do on apple II diskettes (5.25") was using a scissors to allow the other side to be writable as well. No exceptions (alternatively you just break the plastic switch that tells if there is copy-write protection, on the floppy driver, itself) I have taken the floppy out of the sleeves to dry them out as the entirety of my collection fell in the aquarium.
    - foolrush 7y ago
      Write protect == hole punch Writable == tape Find me someone who used 5.25 who didn’t do this and I’ll fight you.

You kids! It’s called a floppy drive. Back in the day, not even the drives were rigid.

moron4hire 7y ago

When working on the bleeding edge, it's necessary to be flexible, no matter the era.

dscpls 7y ago
This is the best comment here
- dscpls 7y ago
  Always amazes me that people find it necessary to downvote a comment like this
  - moron4hire 7y ago
    For what it's worth, I upvoted you. The points are free. Why be stingy?
  - ad_hominem 7y ago
    If you prefer a low effort / high noise comment environment that rewards puns, there's always Reddit
    - moron4hire 7y ago
      HN is not immune to this phenomenon. It just has its own versions.

sslayer 7y ago

the 5 1/4" ones were all floppy!

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imglorp 7y ago
As were the 8" hard sectored diskettes. Don't forget the write-protect notch.
- PopeDotNinja 7y ago
  > Don't forget the write-protect notch. And don't forget you can notch each side for double the storage!
  - tom_ 7y ago
    May not be a great idea: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15189#p204750 https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15189#p204... ```just a word of warning, copy everything off them [commercially-available flippable 5.25" BBC Micro disks] quick, as the 'side2' goes backwards to the cotton cloth cleaner inside the 5 1/4" case, so basically all the crap caught in it then end up coming out when playing other flip side :(''' (No idea how common this phenomenon might have been! - I've always had double-sided drives, so I've always used the other side of the disk in the normal fashion.)
    - xxs 7y ago
      The 1st thing you do on apple II diskettes (5.25") was using a scissors to allow the other side to be writable as well. No exceptions (alternatively you just break the plastic switch that tells if there is copy-write protection, on the floppy driver, itself) I have taken the floppy out of the sleeves to dry them out as the entirety of my collection fell in the aquarium.
  - foolrush 7y ago
    Write protect == hole punch Writable == tape Find me someone who used 5.25 who didn’t do this and I’ll fight you.