Date   : Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:32:36 +0100
From   : Dave Moore <dllm@...>
Subject: Re: My New Baby Has Arrived!

> > > Ian Wolstenholme wrote:
> > > Isn't that what Flippy Discs did?  Were they widely used or were th
ey
> > > just a local thing round here?
> >

> > From: Tim Fardell
> > Yes, that's the term! Never tried them myself, though. Did you cut bo
th

> > the write-protect notch and the index holes, or just the notch? I sho
uld

> > imagine it would be quite fiddly to cut the index holes.
>

> From: "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
> They were manufactured by a company in Chadderton (a couple of

> miles away from BeebMaster Towers) and branded as Flippy Discs.  I
> don't know if I have any left but as I remember, they had index holes
> at either side of the hub ring and a write protect notch at both sides
> so you could literally turn them over and use both sides.

These beasts?:

http://www.stairwaytohell.com/temporary/MrFlippy-disk.jpg
http://www.stairwaytohell.com/temporary/MrFlippy-box-front.jpg
http://www.stairwaytohell.com/temporary/MrFlippy-box-back.jpg

You'll see they have two index holes, but only one write-protect notch (w
hich
I find a little puzzling?!).

Dave.