Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site riccb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihopa!riccb!djb From: djb@riccb.UUCP (Dave J. Burris ) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: ST double-sided drive experience Message-ID: <545@riccb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 16:20:06 EDT Article-I.D.: riccb.545 Posted: Fri Sep 27 16:20:06 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 05:19:03 EDT References: <593@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Rockwell Telecommunications, Downers Grove,Il. Lines: 16 > It appears that the Atari ST double sided drives (holding 720K bytes, > formatted) have just become available to local dealers. Has anyone > used them? Does the ST refer to each side as a different disk ID? > > /Don Peters, Digital, 617-689-1242/ > > ...decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-pulman!peters The disk is accessed as any other disk except with more storage. One catch though is that disks formatted double-sided cannot be read by a single sided drive. -- Dave Burris ..!ihnp4!ihopa!riccb!djb Rockwell Switching Systems, Downers Grove, Il.