Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : boraxman
From : mary4
Date : Fri May 09 2025 05:35 am

 bo> When I didn't know much about computers as a youngster, I just assumed a
 bo> "double sided" disk was one you could turn over, flip and put in the
 bo> disc drive upside down and still use, as with the Commodore 64 disc
 bo> drive.
 bo> 
 bo> So when I got an IBM XT (second hand, old!), imagine my confusion when I
 bo> find the disks don't work when you flip them upside down.  Why would the
 bo> Commodore 1541 be able to use both sides, and the IBM only one side? 
 bo> Then when I got 1.44M you could only put them in one way, but they were
 bo> marketed as double sided!  
 bo> 
 bo> I did learn that it writes to both sides at once, but for a while, I
 bo> assumed disc drives only write on the upper side.
 bo> 
 bo> 
i did not know about this of ther c64 drive (i never had one)

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