Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!gatech!ncar!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA!Friesen From: Friesen@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: SS disks (and a product warning) Message-ID: <880604213835.862173@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA> Date: 4 Jun 88 21:38:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.ARPA Organization: The Internet Lines: 38 Someone recently posted saying that SS disks are not good to be used as DS disks. I own a 1040 ST (with DS disk drives), and I don't own one DS disk. I format my SS disks for DS use. I have owned my Atari for a year now (I bought it May 3, one year ago) and I haven't had any problems with losing data, however in that time I have had to have my heads alinged twice, could this be a side efect of using SS disks for a DS drive? > Is it true that computer brand X uses one side of a SS disk, while > computer brand Y uses the other side? (My two cents) I was told (by my dealer) the only difference between SS and DS disks is that the manufacturer dosen't check the second side of the disk, but the are still put together the same. If this is true, I find it hard to believe that one computer would store data on one side of the disk, while another computer stores it on the other side, when only one side has been certified. Aric Friesen P.S. Someone gave me two brand new unopened Nashua disks, and one wouldn't format. That means 50% of the Nashua disks that I own didn't format. I also have heard similar complaints from Mac owners, in other words, I wouldn't recommend buying Nashua disks. Addresses: Genie: A.FRIESEN ARPA: Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.ARPA "Lenny, ya durned fool, ya bought an Amiga!" "Gee George, I squashed the mouse!" ---"Of Mice and Men"