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Apple IIe and Single Sided Double Density Floppies

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First post, by fsmith2003

Posted on 2019-01-14, 02:06

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Just acquired but have yet to pick up an old Apple IIe. I have boxes of C64 Single Sided/DD floppies from a lot I acquired years ago. My question is will I be able to use these SSDD floppies with the Apple II? I keep reading it requiresDual Sided Double Density but will the Singles work?

Reply 1 of 6, by bakemono

Posted on 2019-01-14, 21:08

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I'm pretty sure Apple 5.25" drives were single-sided. The floppies stored 140KB on one side.

Reply 2 of 6, by clueless1

Posted on 2019-01-15, 01:22

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They should work. I used to use a hole punch to to make the backside of single-sided floppies writable on my Apple IIe. 😊

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Reply 3 of 6, by fsmith2003

Posted on 2019-01-15, 01:46

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clueless1 wrote:
They should work. I used to use a hole punch to to make the backside of single-sided floppies writable on my Apple IIe. 😊

Awesome. You have instructions on exactly how this is done by chance?

Reply 4 of 6, by clueless1

Posted on 2019-01-15, 02:30

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fsmith2003 wrote:
clueless1 wrote:
They should work. I used to use a hole punch to to make the backside of single-sided floppies writable on my Apple IIe. 😊

Awesome. You have instructions on exactly how this is done by chance?

Pretty simple. Flip one floppy over on top of the other. Line up the hole punch with the write notch and punch away. 😀

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edit: more info here:
https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue1 … G_YOUR_DISK.php