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From: gwe@cbdkc1.UUCP ( George Erhart x4021 CB 3D288 RNB )
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: single sided -> double sided
Message-ID: <1349@cbdkc1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 07:42:46 EST
Article-I.D.: cbdkc1.1349
Posted: Tue Mar 18 07:42:46 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 19-Mar-86 04:49:11 EST
References: <3014@gatech.CSNET> <688@hlwpc.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwe@dkc1.UUCP ( George Erhart x4021 CB 3D288 RNB )
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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In article <688@hlwpc.UUCP> cb@hlwpc.UUCP (C Blesch) writes:
>I asked
>my friendly computer-store salesman if this statement was true,
>because it meant I could buy boxes of single-sided disks
>instead of double-sided disks, at a $10/box savings.  The salesman
>said that all disks are double-sided, but that the disk companies don't
>guarantee the performance of the second side (i.e. it may have flaws).
>Of course, the disk makers keep this fact quiet!   The salesman said
>I would probably find that most of the single-sided disks work on
>both sides, but I should expect an occasional error.  If I learn to
>disable bad sectors, it shouldn't be a problem.

This is truly amazing ... a computer-store salesman that tells the
truth instead of lying to just to sell a few more boxes of floppies!!!
Where is this guy????

PS. A friend of mine recently ordered ~600 SS/DD 3.5" floppies for $1.55
a piece. We were able to format all of the ones we tried (~30) as DS/DD
without a single problem. (The were the same light tan colour of the disks
Apple sends their System software out on! We believe that they are the
tan Sony disks ... but with bulk orders, you never know.)


-- 
George Erhart at AT&T Bell Laboratories Columbus, Ohio 
614-860-4021 {ihnp4,cbosgd}!cbdkc1!gwe