Re: Disk transfers help please

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

In comp.sys.apple2 ApH <bidulecornu@hotmail.com> wrote:
> You are probably using a high-density 5.25" drive, which requires an
> index signal to actually return data.
> You have 2 options here: either you try to find a low-density 5.25"
> which works (not all drives work, I think mine is an Epson drive), or
> you cut a small part of the plastic casing of the disks so that the
> index hole can be "seen" by the drive on the second side. There should
> be a hole at the same spot as on the first side when you flip the disk.
> Well, it means actually two cuts, on both sides of the disk, and on the
> opposite of the "official" index hole. This is probably the easiest and
> quickest method.

Isn't this a two-sided drive?  If so, why can't it use the second head
to read the back side?

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