In a message dated 1/22/99 9:19:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, george(a)racsys.rt.rain.com writes: << Made sense to me... In my meager days (while going to school) I turned over and used Apple ][ floppy's. I wouldn't say they didn't hold up but I did have enough disk errors on diskettes I did this with to decide to quit the practice. And yes I do wish I had not ever done this. >> i made many disks flippies so i didnt have to carry so many around and never had a disk failure. Of course, i always bought double sided disks instead of single side disks since supposedly both sides were certified error free rather than just one side. david