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Article #16654Using single-sided disks double-sided.
From: Robert Dorsett
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1987 12:15
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1987 12:15
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Is there anything wrong with formatting disks labeled as single-sided as
double-sided? I just upgraded to a Mac Plus and the manual says, quite explic-
itely, "Do NOT" format single-sided disks as double-sided disks. However,
I seem to remember the "official" line being pretty much the same thing with
the Apple II and /// in the early80's, with 5.25" disks. Didn't make a whit
of difference with them: all one had to do was cut out another write-protect
notch so the computer could reference the flip side of the disk. As time went
by, the official line was changed to: "Both sides of a single-sided disk are
identical, but the flip-side is *untested* and *uncertified*." Would I be
incorrect in assuming the same for the 3.5" disks on the Mac? I have well over
200 disks, and am looking forward to recycling a third of them...
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!mentat From: mentat@ut-ngp.UUCP (Robert Dorsett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Using single-sided disks double-sided. Message-ID: <5352@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Jun-87 08:15:43 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.5352 Posted: Sat Jun 6 08:15:43 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Jun-87 04:00:30 EDT Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 19 Keywords: Disks double-sided single-sided