Date   : Thu, 01 Dec 1983 09:17:00-PST
From   : Charles Garthwaite <CRG@WASHINGTON.ARPA>
Subject: Double vs. single sided disk drive ruggedness?

Does anyone have a reaction to the question of what the relative ruggedness
 (and so reliability) of double vs single sided 5.25in floppy disk drives.  
Am wondering about KayProII (single sided) vs KayPro4 (double sided) for 
use which involves a lot of traveling.  My experience with early double 
sided 8in drives (CalComp/CalDisk 143) was that the heads didn't stay aligned
very well.  Is there a similar problem with more modern 5.25in units.  Thanx.