17 Sep
2003
17 Sep
'03
5:57 p.m.
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Don Maslin wrote:
Quite so! Brain fart.
Quite the contrary! A quick glance at an 8"
disk will tell you
its density by the position of the index aperature in the disk
^^^^^^^
That should be number of SIDES. I do not know of ANY way to differentiate SD v DD
other than
manufacturer's label, or pre-existing format.
And I have never experienced any problem considering them to be
interchangeable in 8" usage.
- don
> jacket. A Single Sided disk has the aperature 7
degrees clockwise
> of the 12 o'clock position, while a Double Sided disk has it
> located 26 degrees clockwise of the 12 o'clock position.
> In other words, SS is at about 1202 and DS is about 1307 hours.