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From: rxt@lanl-a.UUCP
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Subject: Floppy disk information request
Message-ID: <9102@lanl-a.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 14:12:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 15 14:12:55 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jun-84 01:19:29 EDT
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I am in the process of getting a DEC Rainbow 100+ computer. (I will not
go into the trouble I am having!)  Anyway, now I need some floppy disks.

I was told by a friend of mine that single density disks are different,
but all double density disk are the same.  Thus, I do not need to buy
quad density (which is what the Rainbow supposedly needs), but I can
use double density.  I bought a box of single-sided double-density disks
when I was using a Rainbow before, and they all worked fine.  Also, the
company I was with issued double density disks, not quad density.

Now I am thinging of using double sided disks, and modifying the disks
so I can insert them backwards.  I believe that I was told that single-
sided disks are in fact double sided, and that they will work.  Does
anybody know the facts?  Also, what brands are recommended and not
recommended?

Thanks in advance for any help that you can give.

						Richard Thomsen