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:וIJלדצ¢ In this case the Volume name is¢ Games and all the files on the disk¢ will have Games on it.¢¢Volume Name ? וIJלדצ¢¢---------------------------------------¢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¢¢
