Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!portal!sv!moose From: moose@svc.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Canon double-sided ODs Message-ID: <1990Dec12.175650.27024@svc.portal.com> Date: 12 Dec 90 17:56:50 GMT References: <1990Dec07.215637.22618@ecst.csuchico.edu> <9886@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <1990Dec9.165626.10150@cbnewsl.att.com> Distribution: usa Organization: Software Venture Lines: 29 In article nwc@sisyphus.shearson.com writes: > >Remember when: > > Hole punch turned a single sided Apple II floppy into a double sided? And everyone lost a lot of data because disk manufacturers produced single sided disks from bad double sided disks. > > A drill bit turned a 720 KB 3.5 inch disk into a 1.44 MB 3.5 inch disk? Never worked right. > > What turned a single sided OD into a double? Those of you that have them - >have you looked at them? Might we all have double sided OD and just not >know it ? No, there is only material on one side of my disk. Besides, trying to abuse disks has always resulted in lost data for me and everyone I know. When it was putting games on disks, or a coplete PD collection, then it was one thing. But when it is all of my backups of source code, News archives, Every sound I have deemed worthy of keeping, is a couple of hundred dollars to much to pay for a an additional 256Meg? -- Michael Rutman | moose@svc.portal.com Cubist | makes me a NeXT programmer Software Ventures | For Your Eyes Only Public Key