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Yes. Lots of software was double sided. With a small hand punch would could make non-double sided disks double sided (even if manufacturer said no no).

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That’s true of 5.25” floppies. The newer, higher capacity, 3.5” floppies had both sides accessible without physically flipping, so all drives only supported inserting the disks in one orientation.

But the Apple II mainly used 5.25” floppies. So I’m not correcting you, just adding more context.

5.25 floppies also taste better.

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