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From: russ@oakhill.UUCP (Russell Schwausch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Using single-sided disks double-sided.
Message-ID: <921@oakhill.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 12:37:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: oakhill.921
Posted: Fri Jun 19 12:37:39 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 22-Jun-87 02:46:49 EDT
Organization: Motorola Inc. Austin, Tx
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Summary: No problems with Maxell Single-Sided Disks

Reply To: russ@oakhill.UUCP (Russell Schwausch)
Distribution: world
Organization: Motorola Inc. Austin, Tx
Keywords: Cautious but Poor


My experience using Maxell single-sided disks as double-sided disks
has been no failures on over 100 disks.
I tried a box of Sony single=sided disks and one disk
failed so I went back to Maxell. My source sells Maxell SS for $9.95 and
Maxell DS for $16.95 and for the difference in price I am willing to
take the risk. I make sure important programs and data are backed up on
at least two different disks. I think the risk of putting a disk next to
a magnetic field or pouring a softdrink on it or crunching it are greater
than the risk of it just deciding to fail because it started out single-sided.

This isn't for everyone and I wouldn't do it in a business environment.
I am just trying to squeeze every nickel I can out of my computer, my software,
and my diskettes.

Let the user beware!!!!!!!!!

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Russell Schwausch, Motorola Inc., OakHill, Tx. (A suburb of Austin)
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