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Article #42226Re: 400K disks, Are they worth anything?
From: Michael A. Pasek
Date: Fri, 12 May 1989 16:43
Date: Fri, 12 May 1989 16:43
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In article <43284b3c.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> jfm@ruddles.sprl.umich.edu.UUCP (John F. Mansfield) writes: >>In article <8690@boulder.Colorado.EDU> adamb@tigger.colorado.edu (Adam 'Velvis' Beguelin) writes: >>>I have around 60 400K mac disks that are now useless to me >>>since I no longer have a mac. Is there anything worthwhile >>>I can do with these disks? >> >ReFormat them as double sided. While this is possible, there is a VERY good reason not to do it.... The only difference between single- and double-sided diskettes is that the manufacturer has certified that BOTH sides of the double-sided are GOOD. In fact, it is entirely possible that a "single-sided" diskette is one that couldn't pass the manufacturer's tests on one of its sides. You may be able to format it double-sided, but I wouldn't count on it maintaining its data integrity very long......believe me, I speak from experience. M. A. Pasek Switching Software Development NCR Comten, Inc. (612) 638-7668 CNG Development 2700 N. Snelling Ave. pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM Roseville, MN 55113
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcce!pasek From: pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael A. Pasek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: 400K disks, Are they worth anything? Summary: DON'T DO IT!! Keywords: 400K diskette MFS Message-ID: <1283@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> Date: 12 May 89 16:43:04 GMT References: <8690@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <43284b3c.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> Reply-To: pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM (M. A. Pasek) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac Distribution: na Organization: NCR Comten, Inc. Lines: 19