Re: Way to read Apple II disks on a PC?

["Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com>]

"Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "Ed Eastman" <noone@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>> It was pointed out that I could read the 'back' of an A2 flippy diskette
>> if I opened the diskette and turned the media over inside the jacket.
>
> You can't just flip the drive over?
> <ducking and running>
>
    You can't.  If Apple II disk has data on both sides.  It is because PC 
drive has to detect the top disk's hole as the hard sector locator.  PC 
drive should be able to read both sides at this time.  I believe that EDI 
software tells the head arm to read top side and bottom side.  I am sure 
that it is not always reliable.  It may have gone wrong and data may be 
corrupted, but it is not always guarantee to be perfect.

Bryan Parkoff