FORMAT/DOS/DUP/RAMDISK IN 1 OPERATION›   by ALEX PIGNATO, member of THE  OL'›   HACKERS ATARI USERS GROUP, Inc. NY›› BOTH of these programs will be  found› on this disk!››      If  you are like me, You hate to› have to do the  necessary  typing  to› FORMAT a new disk, prior to using it.› Its a drudgery that must be  done  on› each  new  disk. Wouldn't you like to› FORMAT,  add  DOS.SYS,  DUP.SYS,  and› RAMDISK.COM to your disks all in  one› operation, and at the same time, just› handle the disk once? Sounds too good› to  be  true?  Here is how you can do› it, BUT, ONLY IF YOU  HAVE  TWO  DISK› DRIVES!. ››      On  this  disk  will  be found a› program  called  FORMDOS1.OBJ,  which› has all the commands to  do the  job,› simply  and  very efficiently. To use› it, load a  DOS.SYS  disk,  and  then› copy RAMDISK.COM on this  disk.  Then› type  [E] (RENAME)  and then   rename› FORMDOS1.OBJ to  AUTORUN.SYS.››     Now, before you load and boot the› disk  with  the  new AUTORUN.SYS (the› renamed FORMDOS.OBJ) in DRIVE #1, put› in a blank unformatted  disk in DRIVE› #2, then boot up the  disk  with  the› new AUTORUN.SYS in DRIVE #1, then sit› back and watch the  fun.  Do  not  do› anything more at this point.››      The screen will quickly give you› a warning that this program is  about› to  FORMAT, add DOS/DUP & RAMDISK.COM› on DRIVE #2.››      The drive will  go  on  and  the› disk  in  DRIVE  #2  will  first   be› FORMATTED,  then  DOS.SYS and DUP.SYS› will be added, then RAMDISK.COM  will› also  be added. This will all be done› without you doing any typing.››      Following the  above,  DRIVE  #1› will  automatically activate, and the› DANGER WARNING that  the  program  is› about  to  FORMAT,  add   DOS/DUP   &› RAMDISK.COM  to  DRIVE  #2,  will  be› printed on screen. You now have a few› seconds to take out the disk in DRIVE› #2,  which  has  been  FORMATTED etc.› TURN IT OVER (be sure disk  has  been› NOTCHED), and insert (side 2) the new› blank unformatted disk in  DRIVE  #2.› DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE!››      Once  again  sit  back and watch› the new disk  being  FORMATTED,  with› DOS/DUP,  and  RAMDISK.COM put on the› disk, and all done without any typing› on your part.››      This  process will go on as long› as you keep feeding blank unformatted› disks  in  DRIVE #2. When you want to› stop the procedure, all you do is hit› [RESET]  when  the  DANGER  etc. etc.› sequence comes on screen.››      Remember to keep the  disk  with› your  new  AUTORUN.SYS  on it as your› Master Disk for whenever you want  to› prepare  a  bunch of disks in advance› of your using them.››      Also on  this  disk  you  should› find  a  program called FORMDOS2.OBJ.› This program will do the  reverse  of› the  above.  It  will work from DRIVE› #2, and format disks in DRIVE #1. You› must  first  load a disk with DOS/DUP› on it,  then  insert  the  disk  with› FORMDOS2.OBJ,    and    rename     it› AUTORUN.SYS  using [E]. Then put this› disk  with  the  new  AUTORUN.SYS  in› drive #2, put in a blank  unformatted› disk  in  DRIVE  #1. You should still› have DOS on screen. Now, hit [L]  and› type    "D2:AUTORUN.SYS",   and   the› process will once again start over as› outlined above.››     A final  thought. I  suggest that› you put FORMDOS1.OBJ on side 1  of  a› MASTER DISK, along  with RAMDISK.COM,› and put FORMDOS2.OBJ on side 2  along› with RAMDISK.COM,  and then only  use› this MASTER DISK whenever YOU WANT TO› FORMAT A WHOLE BATCH OF DISKS!› OF DISKS!