> a bit of trivia about 5.25" floppies: we used to use hole punchers to cut a hole in the side of the disk in order to be able to write to it. Covering this hol

> a bit of trivia about 5.25" floppies: we used to use hole punchers to cut a hole in the side of the disk in order to be able to write to it. Covering this hole with some tape would physically prevent the disk being written to. Hole puncher? Kitchen scissors I tell ya! On the C64 them 5"1/4 floppies were one-sided, so we'd make a hole to use them as two-sided disks. Basically we'd take two floppies, flip one upside down, take a pair of scissors and use the other to cut a hole at exactly the correct spot. While we'd be doing that we'd "pull" the disks inside the sleeves to the diagonal opposite of the scissor to make sure we'd not cut into the floppies. I've probably done it hundreds of times. I do still remember the exact feeling and could do it in a heartbeat : )