Gone but not forgotten

[-=Drifter=-]

Remember this old tool? I used to use it all the time. Unfortunately it is now pretty obsolete - it just doesn't work on cds or dvds all that well.

[parahandy]

Don't know that gadget at all Bob. Good to see you back to drawing again. It's been a while. Happy new year to you and your family.

[Soquili]

Looks good Bob. I haven't seen one in a long time. I'm not sure if it is for 5¼ or 3½ floppy disks.

[Intbel]

A good, clean and accurate drawing. Very nice.

(It doesn't work on 45s either)

[Egg Bramhill]

Bob,

Happy New Year. It's been a while since you posted a tool image. I've no idea what it is.

[sallybode]

Very good, Drifter, hope you post more. Looks good, whatever the heck it is.

[-=Drifter=-]

The "disk notcher" was a tool used to take advantage of BOTH sides of a 5 1/4 inch floppy disk. Manufacturers of the disks provided one notch that allowed the disk drive (I had/have 2 1541s) to access the information stored on the disk. Some creative person found that by adding a notch in the other side of the disk the user could then flip the disk over and use the other side. The 1541 was part of the Commodore 64 family.

[Soquili]

I remember the 1541 drives. There should be 4 of them upstairs in the attic, although maybe not as I recall letting my nephew use the Commodore 64 and all the drives about 10 years ago.

[WolfMoonHP]

I was a big fan of the Atari computers, myself. My first Atari 800 had 16 K RAM and when I increased it to 64 K it was HOT! My serial number was #258, and was hand-written. There were sticky notes inside from technicians telling what they had done. And believe it or not, I still have it!

It stored programs on cartridges, and data on audio tape.

When I got my first disk drive, it cost over 400 USD, I considered the floppy notcher a great tool.

That image brings back some great old memories.
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Will

[gwpriester]

Clean Bob. But you are correct, it does not work as well with CDs or DVDs.

Gary