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You couldn’t flip a 3.5in floppy
You didn't need to flip it, 3.5" readers could already read both sides, but the hole or lack of is what told them whether both sides were available. I've done it myself.
https://www.webcommand.net/index.php/2019/07/31/does-anyone-remember-the-floppy-disk-punch-notcher/
Ahhhhh.
By the time I came around they were all 1.44 floppies
Pfft, bloody kids... 😂
I should have a look, I've got a load of old floppies here, so might have one I've punched 🙂