Re: SS vs DS disk drives

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From: manis
Date: Wed, 21 May 1986 21:01

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Double-sided drives (SF314's) will read single-sided disks with no
problem. I do it all the time. Do *not* buy a single-sided drive--the
cost is almost the same (in Canada, at least), and you will rapidly
run out of disk space.

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From: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: SS vs DS disk drives
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 17:01:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 21 17:01:37 1986
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