25 Feb
1998
25 Feb
'98
6:09 p.m.
Charles A. Davis wrote:
Jason Brady wrote:
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No, unlike 5.25", you can't just use an 8" single-sided disk as a
double-sided. The sector detect hole is in a different place and a
double-sided drive will treat a single-sided disk as a single-sided
disk. You'd have to punch holes in the case, plus cover up the old
holes -- I'd suggest not using sticky tape.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
BTW, California Digital (www.cadigital.com) sells
hard-sectored
disks for around $10/box. They also have 8" SSDD floppies (ran
out of double-sided, unfortunately).
Regards,
Jason Brady jrbrady(a)mindspring.com Seattle, WA
Since the difference between single sided, and double sided, is quite
often just whether or not it was tested and passed the test as double
sided, buy the SS disks, and try them.
There was a big discussion of this in the 'hobby' press many years ago.
What it boiled down to, was that nobody changed the 'stock material'
that was fed through the 'punch press' for making the floppies. It was
all a matter of what they needed to ship, as to how the stuff was
tested.