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From: alan@km4ba.UUCP (Alan Barrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: MEI / MicroCenter Diskettes (again)
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Date: 27 Nov 90 08:18:57 GMT
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draper@buster.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J Draper) writes:

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>Call me stupid or whatever, but I've got a couple of SINGLE SIDED 3.5"

FYI, Most single sided 3.5" disks did not have the bottom side of the
media polished. In testing that my company did on using the single 
sided disks in DS drives, head wear was much accelerated. It was like
using an abrasive head cleaner on the bottom head. They would read
and write however.

If you look at the disk, you can usually tell a difference visually.

Once DS disks came out, I think everyone just quit making
SS media, so it is not an issue anymore. Once I saw the test
results, I gave/traded all my blue SS 3.5" to friends with old
macs & Atari ST's.

Most Mac-people will argue with you abt this, until you show
them the difference visually.

Have fun!

Alan Barrow
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