Charles A. Davis wrote:
>
> Jason Brady wrote:
>
> snip
>
> > 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_at_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.
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.
Received on Thu Feb 26 1998 - 02:09:31 GMT