Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcce!pasek
From: pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael A. Pasek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 400K disks, Are they worth anything?
Summary: DON'T DO IT!!
Keywords: 400K diskette MFS
Message-ID: <1283@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 12 May 89 16:43:04 GMT
Expires: 20 Mar 89 05:00:00 GMT
References: <8690@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <43284b3c.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu>
Reply-To: pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM (M. A. Pasek)
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In article <43284b3c.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> jfm@ruddles.sprl.umich.edu.UUCP (John F. Mansfield) writes:
>>In article <8690@boulder.Colorado.EDU> adamb@tigger.colorado.edu (Adam 'Velvis' Beguelin) writes:
>>>I have around 60 400K mac disks that are now useless to me
>>>since I no longer have a mac.  Is there anything worthwhile
>>>I can do with these disks?  
>>
>ReFormat them as double sided.

While this is possible, there is a VERY good reason not to do it....
The only difference between single- and double-sided diskettes is that the
manufacturer has certified that BOTH sides of the double-sided are GOOD.  In
fact, it is entirely possible that a "single-sided" diskette is one that
couldn't pass the manufacturer's tests on one of its sides.  You may be able
to format it double-sided, but I wouldn't count on it maintaining its data
integrity very long......believe me, I speak from experience.

M. A. Pasek          Switching Software Development         NCR Comten, Inc.
(612) 638-7668              CNG Development               2700 N. Snelling Ave.
pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM                               Roseville, MN  55113