[Gllug] anyone know a source for 3.5" DSDD floppy disks?

[Andrew Halliwell]

And verily, didst Jason Clifford announce to the hordes:
> 
> On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Dylan wrote:
> 
> > > > I need to source a few 3.5" DS-DD floppy disks (the disks, not the
> > > > drives). Does anyone know where I can find a supplier or does
> > > > anyone have a few of them I could persuade you to part with?
> > >
> > > Go to Woolworths and buy ten for a fiver.
> > > I would think that Jessops, Maplins etc. had them as well.
> > 
> > Come to think of it, Tesco and Sainsbury sell them but I've never 
> > bothered looking at the price.
> 
> I don't think any of these sell DS-DD (720K) diskettes. They sell the 
> DS-HD (1.44Mb) disks.

Well? Just tape over the HD tab on the left hand side of the floppy (label
up) and it'll format as 720 fine, without having to fiddle with command line
options.

I doubt anyone makes DD disks anymore, no call for them.
(I remember doing the same trick 9 years ago to turn a DD disk into a HD one
by simply drilling (or melting) a hole where the HD marker should be. Most
of them worked as HD fine)
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