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From: mentat@ut-ngp.UUCP (Robert Dorsett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Using single-sided disks double-sided.
Message-ID: <5352@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 6-Jun-87 08:15:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.5352
Posted: Sat Jun  6 08:15:43 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 10-Jun-87 04:00:30 EDT
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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Keywords: Disks double-sided single-sided

Is there anything wrong with formatting disks labeled as single-sided as
double-sided?  I just upgraded to a Mac Plus and the manual says, quite explic-
itely, "Do NOT" format single-sided disks as double-sided disks.  However,
I seem to remember the "official" line being pretty much the same thing with
the Apple II and /// in the early80's, with 5.25" disks.  Didn't make a whit
of difference with them: all one had to do was cut out another write-protect
notch so the computer could reference the flip side of the disk.  As time went
by, the official line was changed to: "Both sides of a single-sided disk are
identical, but the flip-side is *untested* and *uncertified*."  Would I be
incorrect in assuming the same for the 3.5" disks on the Mac?  I have well over
200 disks, and am looking forward to recycling a third of them...

 


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