Tarbell is making me insane

[Grant Stockly]

More to add...

I know that writing to 3.5" HD disks with the hole covered to make 
them look like DD is frowned upon, but maybe it could help determine 
why I get errors with the real DD disks.

While trying to back up my DD disks onto HD hole covered disks I got 
an error.  Its not the disk because I've tried two and they both fail 
at the same spot.

Also, are DD disks the same as Single Sided 3.5" 360/400k 
disks?  Except for the double sided part?

What are good sources for DD disks TODAY, not NOS disks, but new 
disks?  Is athana the only place out there making DD disks?

When copying from drive A to drive B it has an error at the end of 
the disk.  Is this where a data rate issue would be the worst?

A>stat *.*                   |  B>stat *.*
                              |
RECS BYTS EX D:FILENAME.TYP  |  RECS BYTS EX D:FILENAME.TYP
    0   0K  1 A:.INT          |    64   8K  1 B:ASM.COM
   64   8K  1 A:ASM.COM       |    96  12K  1 B:BASIC.COM
   96  12K  1 A:BASIC.COM     |     8   1K  1 B:COPY.COM
    8   1K  1 A:COPY.COM      |    70   9K  1 B:CPM.COM
   70   9K  1 A:CPM.COM       |    38   5K  1 B:DDT.COM
   38   5K  1 A:DDT.COM       |    12   2K  1 B:DISKTEST.COM
   12   2K  1 A:DISKTEST.COM  |    24   3K  1 B:DUMPDSK.COM
   24   3K  1 A:DUMPDSK.COM   |    48   6K  1 B:ED.COM
   48   6K  1 A:ED.COM        |     4   1K  1 B:FORMAT.COM
    4   1K  1 A:FORMAT.COM    |    56   7K  1 B:PIP.COM
   56   7K  1 A:PIP.COM       |     0   0K  1 B:RUN.$$$
   92  12K  1 A:RUN.COM       |    24   3K  1 B:STAT.COM
   24   3K  1 A:STAT.COM      |     8   1K  1 B:SYSGEN.COM
    8   1K  1 A:SYSGEN.COM    |  BYTES REMAINING ON B: 11K
BYTES REMAINING ON A: 0K     |
                              |  B>
A>                           |

And the error:

A>PIP B:=*.*

COPYING -
CPM.COM
SYSGEN.COM
DDT.COM
COPY.COM
PIP.COM
ASM.COM
STAT.COM
ED.COM
FORMAT.COM
DISKTEST.COM
DUMPDSK.COM
BASIC.COM
RUN.COM
DISK WRITE ERROR: =*.*

A: R/O, SPACE: 0K
B: R/W, SPACE: 11K

A>

(can't be too save with my only good boot disk, A:.  :)

Grant