Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!info-mac From: info-mac@uw-beaver Newsgroups: fa.info-mac Subject: Double Sided/Single Sided disk drive information request Message-ID: <303@uw-beaver> Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 23:10:08 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.303 Posted: Mon Dec 24 23:10:08 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Dec-84 02:20:50 EST Sender: daemon@uw-beaver Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 22 From: Richard FurutaRecent messages have indicated that double sided disk external disk drives will become available for the Macintosh soon. As a relative novice to this personal computer stuff, I wonder if someone could answer a couple of probably basic questions. Answers specifically for this product, which I assume is the Haba HabaDisk, would also be useful. What compatibility exists between single sided and double sided drives and media? I assume you can use new double sided media in a single sided drive and it gets treated the same as single sided media and written in a single sided fashion. However, what happens if you use single sided media in a double sided drive? Is it possible to write a disk compatible with the single sided drive using the double sided drive? Is it possible to read a disk written with a single sided drive using the double sided drive? Thanks. --Rick -------