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Subject: Re: Formatting 800k as HD ?!?
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Date: 29 May 90 03:50:00 GMT
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To make a slight addendum to your statements, here's a question that's been
bothering me for years. 
  When a company sells a single-sided 5.25 disk, that means it's warrented to
be free of defects on one side only.  My problem is that Apple 5.25 drives
format the *back* of a disk, while Commodore and Atari drives format the 
*front*.  Which side is certified?!?
  I understand that flipping a disk moves all the dirt back across the head,
but that's not quite the same thing as formatting the back of a disk.
[RICH]