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FormatMaster version 1.02
Copyright 1988 by New-Ware, All Rights Reserved.
To the new user of FormatMaster:
Here are the four things you MUST do to get the program to a fully
functional state:
(1) Make sure that the executable file FMTMAS.EXE is in the
active directory.
(2) Select "Set Drive Table" from the main menu and set up
each of your floppy disk drives with the proper
parameters. To ensure that the Format menu contains
only the drives in your system, you can deselect those
drive letters that are not applicable by:
a. Select the drive letter from
the menu.
b. Enter a "0" when prompted to
enter the drive size.
Save the drive table to disk.
(3) Place a formatted diskette in drive A. This should be
a system disk if you wish to format system disks. Then
select "Initialize Boot Sector". This keeps me out of
trouble with Microsoft/IBM and allows you to customize
the program for the DOS you are using.
(4) Make sure that the DOS utility SYS.COM is in a directory
that is listed in your path string if you intend to transfer
system files to a newly formatted diskette. Please read
PATHINFO.TXT for more detailed information about PATH
strings. Ensure that COMMAND.COM is not a hidden file.
Many laptop portables and those machines with a "composite" monitor
can trick programs like FormatMaster into thinking that there is a
fully functional Color Graphics Adaptor (CGA) on board. If you load
the program and the cursor bar is not visible or the display looks
strange, quit the program using Alt-X and reload it with an "M"
(either case) on the command line. Example:
FMTMAS m
This will force FormatMaster to use a set of monochrome attributes
that should work fine on LapTops and composite monitors.
NOTE: FormatMaster supports all of the PC mouse drivers.
Thank you for evaluating FormatMaster.
Copyright 1988 by New-Ware, All Rights Reserved.