Re: Using both sides of double sided disks

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

Oddly enough (to me) the WordPerfect distribution disks are both notched on
both sides, and have two of the little holes on either side of the large
central hole.  I assumed the two little holes were necessary for double side
use.

As an amusing aside, I bought WP in 1987 or so.  At that time, 3.5" disks
were very exotic, and I never did acquire an Apple 3.5" drive for my IIc.

However, WordPerfect came with three double sided 5-1/4" disks and one 3.5"
disk.  I probably took the 3.5" floppy out, looked at it, and put it back in
its envelope in the manual until yesterday.

Here is an image of the disk label, which was just about falling off.

http://this-isnt-all.com/bks/wp.htm

See anything incongruous about the label?


"Rubywand" <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> Frank Townsend writes ...
> >
> > I have forgotten how (or if) you do this.
> >
> > I am trying to replicate my original WordPerfect Apple IIc/IIe 5-1/4
DSDD
> > disks on three disks, as originally packaged.  I know the notches and
holes
> > have to be added, but is there a tool to do this?
> >
>  ....
>
>      Unless there is something unusual about the Word Perfect diskettes,
you
> would add a notch on the left side of each diskette to allow copying to
the
> back side. There should be no need to add another index hole near the
middle.
>
>      If the diskettes are not copy protected, you can use a fast copier
like
> Disk Muncher (or a slower copier like the Copy-- DISK option in Copy II
Plus)
> to copy each disk side.