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From: ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Formatting 800k as HD ?!?
Message-ID: <26244.26629f32@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
Date: 29 May 90 16:11:30 GMT
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In article <3082@husc6.harvard.edu>, wichers@husc7.HARVARD.EDU (John Wichers)
 writes:
> In article <30281@cup.portal.com> Lou@cup.portal.com
> (William Joseph Marriott) writes:
>>1. Single-sided diskettes should be formatted at single-sided. Double-sided
>>diskettes should be formatted as double-sided. High-Density disks should be
>>formatted at high density. Mac disks should be formatted on a Mac. PC disks
>>should be formatted on a PC, or on an FDHD Mac running Apple File Exchange. 

> The only difference between single sided disks and double sided disks is that
> only one side is verified for the single sided disks. I have been formatting 
> SS/DD disks as DS for a number of years now, and I haven't had any
> more problems with those disks than with the DS/DD disks I have. Sure,
> sometimes a SS/DD disk can't be formatted as DS, but in those instances I
> just reformat them as SS. No problem.
> 

You mean there's stores there that still sell SSDD disks?

I haven't seen any here since Target stopped selling them- they were
more expensive than the DSDD ones...

With DSDD Sony 3.5" disks going for $7.95/box of10 at Soft Warehouse, I'd
 rather just go for the quality, thankyouverymuch...

C Irby
ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
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