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Re: Using both sides of double sided disks

Subject: Re: Using both sides of double sided disks
From: Marsha <menacechgo@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 07:41:31 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: jacksonfm@ync.net
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The little holes near the big one were for some (PC style) disk drives so that
they could align the disk for I/O...
Those holes aren't needed since Woz used header and end marks in the data for
reading and writing the Apple disks.
Marsha

Frank Townsend wrote:

> 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.

References:
- Using both sides of double sided disks
  - From: "Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>
- Re: Using both sides of double sided disks
  - From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
- Re: Using both sides of double sided disks
  - From: "Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>

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