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Comment by codazoda

That reminded me of a couple “hacks” we did back then…

1. Cover the write protect notch on a 5 1/4” floppy with a sticker to enable writing.

2. Melt an extra hole in a 3.5” floppy with a cheap soldering iron to double its capacity to the 1.44MB that later became the standard.

parent codazoda 2 years ago

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