SpartaDOS Command of the Month›     by Kris Holtegaard›››››           XINIT.COM›           ---------››This is an example of what is presented to you when you use XINIT.COM:››SpartaDOS II Formatter  Version 2.0›-----------------------------------››1st.›    You will be asked if you want›    DOS on the disk› ›Select SpartaDOS Version:›››   1) X32D›   N) -No DOS-››Choice ? 1››---------------------------------------››2nd.›    You will be asked what drive to›    format››Drive to format ? 1››---------------------------------------››3rd.›    You will be asked how many tracks›    now here is where you have to think›    the ATARI 1050 and 551 Drive's have›    40 Tracks these are the respective›    choices you should choose:››    For the 1050 Drive Choice #1›    For the  551 Drive Choice #5››    Be careful and make sure that you›    make the right choice for your›    Drive or it will not be formatted›    to the fullest extent›››Select number of tracks:›› 1) 40 trks/SS   5) 40 trks/DS› 2) 77 trks/SS   6) 77 trks/DS› 3) 80 trks/SS   7) 80 trks/DS› 4) 35 trks/SS   8) 35 trks/DS››Choice ? 1››---------------------------------------››4th.›    You will be asked what density you›    want to format the disk in. If you›    have a drive with US Doublers in it›    or any Double density drive you can›    make any one of the 3 choices that›    are here. But if you have a "STOCK"›    drive or one that hasn't been›    modified for double density then›    the only choices you have are›    numbers 1 and 3.››Select density:›› 1) Single density› 2) Double density› 3) 1050 double density››Choice ? 2››---------------------------------------›5th.›    You will now be asked for a volume›    name if you don't know what Volume      name is, it means that the files›    on the disk are in or fall in to›    the same catagoris,›    (exmample) Volume:ÇÁÍÅÓ›    In this case the Volume name is›    Games and all the files on the disk›    will have Games on it.››Volume Name ? ÇÁÍÅÓ››---------------------------------------›6th.›    You now are asked if you want›    UltraSpeed sector skew. This is›    only possible with the US Doublers›    installed in the ATARI 1050 Disk›    Drive. So if you don't have US›    Doublers in you drive then you›    answer would be "N" and not "Y"›    but if you do have the US Doublers›    installed in your 1050 Disk Drive›    then you would answer "Y".››UltraSpeed Sector Skew ? Y››---------------------------------------›7th.›    Now you are ready to insert the›    disk to be formated››Insert Diskette to Format,››---------------------------------------›8th.›    Once the disk is inserted you now›    Press Return to start the›    formatting procedure›               ›Press <RETURN> When Ready...›---------------------------------------›9th›     Now you will see the Prompt›     Formatting.. This will take about›     30 seconds.››Formatting....››---------------------------------------›10th.›     Now it's writing the DOS to›     the formatted disk››Writing SpartaDOS...››---------------------------------------›11th.›     You are now DONE, and the disk is›     now formatted and has DOS written›     to it the process can go on for›     as long as you have disks to›     format. If you have finished with›     your disks, then to get out of the›     program all you have to do is›     press the "Esc" Key and you have›     returned youself to DOS and you›     are now back at the D1: Prompt.››Diskette Initialized...›Press <RETURN> to Continue››--------------------------------------››That's the whole process of Formatting›a Disk in SpartaDOS››