Re: [Q] Disk Flipping and Two Disk???

["Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOOOsPAMmkallal@msn.com>]

"Linards Ticmanis" <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote in message 
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> Albert D. Kallal wrote:
>
>> Well, that depends. Most games and manufactures did avoid using both 
>> sides
>> of the disk. However, some did (since disks were expensive back then - a 
>> box
>> of 10 floppy disks was $50 or more).
>
> Can you name even any programs that shipped on two or more single-sided
> disks? Didn't pretty much everybody use the back sides?
>
> -- 
> Linards Ticmanis

Well, for sure the UCSD Pascal disks where single sided. and the package 
came with 2, or more disks. On the other hand, the UCSD system also 
benefited from having two separate drives to use to separate disks.

So, no, they did not necessary use both sides. However, as others pointed 
out, it don't really seem that the "dirt" issue I pointed out was ever a 
real issue.

And, I would have to say that *most* games that needed two sides were flippy 
disks. However, some exceptions obviously did exist...

of couse, my 10 meg hard disk Davong drive still works on my apple II....


-- 
Albert D. Kallal
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
pleaseNOOSpamKallal@msn.com