[net.micro.amiga] Double sided disks

cthulhu@athena.MIT.EDU (03/12/86)

From: cthulhu@athena.MIT.EDU

I don't really want to dredge up this old debate from my Apple ][ days,
but it seems to be pertinent... I've heard the standard line about
manufacturers-not-checking-the-backs-of-single-sided-5-1/4"-disks-so-you-
should-spend-more-money-to-buy-double-sided-disks, but I doubt that, as
different single sided drives use different sides of the disk without trouble.
Unfortunately, I don't think that works with 3 1/4" disks.  I've been using
single sided disks that worked fine on a Mac, but as they become more and
more full, they seem to get more and more errors (almost as much as my
Maxicomm disk, but that's another story of which you've doubtless heard too
much...).  Bottom line seems to be that we have to shell out the money for DS
disks to get even a modicum of reliability... oh well, there go about 100 Mac
disks........
				- Jim