Oh boy, the comments for my floppy disk punch video are great. There is quite a bit of polarization happening. Some remember this hack fondly, others say it's overrated, or even BAD for the disks!

What is your opinion?

https://youtu.be/dA0ZB0kHlfA

#retrocomputing #floppydisks

New video: Floppy Disk Punch

Back in the 1980s floppy disks were expensive. And many early floppy disk drives were only single sided, which means they only had one read/write head and would only use one disk side. Both Commodore and Apple-II users quickly figured out that you could flip the disk around, if you punched a hole into the other side of the disk.

https://youtu.be/dA0ZB0kHlfA

#retrocomputing #floppydisks

Floppy Disk Punch

https://makertube.net/w/xnPq2BmaHRtqsRFPvhNPve

New video for all Patrons, even free tier:

Floppy Disk Punch

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New #Camera!

It uses tiny-tiny #floppydisks

It's a Cannon RC260 from 1990/1991

I wonder if the disk works? I'll have a play later. #retro

Popular Science: The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks. “In collaboration with retro computing enthusiasts who have built specialized floppy-imaging tools, [Leontien Talboom]’s recovered data from hundreds of historically significant disks in the library’s collection—including previously inaccessible lectures by physicist Stephen Hawking.”

The unobtainium piece of the Seequa collection has arrived, and wow is it smaller than I imagined! The Tabor 3.25” drivette for these little disks were designed in a collaborative effort between Dysan Corporation from California, Tabor Corporation from Massachusetts, and Seequa Computer Corporation from Maryland. These rigid plastic disks could hold 500K on a single disk, and were to be the new “golden standard” of format for any luggable IBM compatible.

I will have my 3.25” disk, my NOS Drivette, and the Tabor edge adapter on display alongside my Seequa research at VCF East and VCF Midwest!

#vintagecomputing #seequa #floppydisks