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- FORMAT.BAS APRIL 4,1987
- By Robert J. Gossen
-
- I downloaded Steve L. Crunk FORMATTER.BAS program but, I was
- unable to write to any disks I formatted with it. After analyzing
- the boot sector, I discovered the Xbios(18) function did not
- create the boot sector like it was suppose to. I tried every thing
- I could think of but it still didn't work for me. So, I created a
- 512 byte string to replace the boot sector and wrote that string
- to the boot sector using Xbios(9). The advantage of this method is
- the disks can be formatted for 9 or 10 sectors per track and up to
- 82 tracks for a maximum total usable storage space of 829K for a
- double sided disk.
-
- Any questions, leave a letter to R.GOSSEN in GENIE MAIL.
-
- R.J. Gossen
- 929B Trianon Sq W.
- Gretna, LA 70053
-
-
- APRIL 8, 1987
-
- P.S. I have added the option of adding a disk label after
- formatting is complete. I have tested all formats on my 1040 ST
- and have found them to work for me. If a formatting error occurs,
- do not use the disk without reformatting. I do not have any
- routine built into the program to lock out the sectors the error
- occurred in.
-