Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mplvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!mplvax!cdl From: cdl@mplvax.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Re: using both side of disks Message-ID: <203@mplvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 12:50:23 EDT Article-I.D.: mplvax.203 Posted: Wed Jul 24 12:50:23 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 28-Jul-85 03:07:00 EDT References: <11474@brl-tgr.ARPA> <1631@ecsvax.UUCP> <1921@sunybcs.UUCP> <749@wlcrjs.UUCP> Reply-To: cdl@mplvax.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein) Organization: Marine Physical Laborator of SIO at UCSD Lines: 13 Keywords: making flippies out of floppies In article <749@wlcrjs.UUCP> rlk@wlcrjs.UUCP (Richard L. Klappal) writes: > >Take a look at the back side of a diskette that has seen >heavy use in a single sided drive and tell me if you want that groove >occupying legit data areas. > If by 'back side' you mean the side away from the label, that groove *is* the data area. The head is on the bottom. -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego {ihnp4|decvax|akgua|dcdwest|ucbvax} !sdcsvax!mplvax!cdl