Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : STORMTROOPER
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Thu May 01 2025 09:46 am

>  bo> Makes sense now.  You manufacture DS disks.  If both sides are bad, bin
>  bo> it. If one side is bad, use the other side in a SS disk.  If both pass,
>  bo> its a DS disk. Is that how it worked?

> I never saw them so I can't add a great deal real info on SS SD.  But by the
> time DS DD arrives there's no difference between any of the physical media. Al
> of it is DD, only one type of media is coming out of the factory.  You'd QC
> both sides as part of production, after that its just sleeving and labels.

The only experience I had with SS floppies was when using a C64.  IIRC,
back then, they would tell you that you could technically use the other
side but it was not "guaranteed" to work as well as the intended side.


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