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Re: Edhel finds DOS 3.3 speed-up (was DOS 3.3 versions)
- Subject: Re: Edhel finds DOS 3.3 speed-up (was DOS 3.3 versions)
- From: cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer)
- Date: 1997/02/10
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Oracle Corp.
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In article <32fd574d.2061266@167.152.149.11>, drsmooth@relex.com says...
>On 7 Feb 1997 07:20:00 GMT, kentd@cup.hp.com (Kent Dickey) wrote:
>>I used to cut notches in disks to store data on the back, but I
>>can at least admit that it made things less reliable.
>Really? I've never lost a thing doing this to all of my previously
>blank disks (I have over 100).
At one point I had well over 700, all notched. Never had a problem. The
understanding I had at the time was that they bloody well had to certify both
sides anyway, as Commodores and Apples used different sides of the disk, but I
never bothered to check that out; it's prob. an urban legend.
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