Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : Cougar428
From : StormTrooper
Date : Mon May 12 2025 12:37 pm

 Co>  3.5" floppies also came with only one hole, 720K floppies - then came
 Co>  the 1.4M floppies with holes on both sides.

Some of the floppy drives are smart enough to check the disk capacity before letting you format it. They'd either refuse to format incorrectly or ejaculate the disk instead of trying to work with it.  Not sure if this happened in the PC world... they tended to be more maniacal.. Most of the Apple equipment of the age was more civilised... motorised eject.  But even on these in moments of desperation you could take drill to the floppy case :P

ST

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