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C-Format
A High Speed Disk Formatting Program
Written by Chris Patterson
7/25/86
C-Format v1.0 is a high speed disk formatting program. This program has
shown itself to format diskettes faster than DOS 3.1! The program allows you
to select whether or not to verify the disks being formatted. This can save
time by not verifying them. Personally, I have rarely had a bad disk. And I
buy the cheapest disks around.
C-Format v1.0 is being introduced into the public domain. That is, you
can copy the program all you want, and give it to whomever you want. However,
if you use this program, I am asking that a donation of $10 be sent to me, the
author. If you for some reason feel that $10 is too much, substitute an amount
that you think the program is worth. Please send all donations to:
Chris Patterson
3211 South 58 Street
Omaha, NE 68106-3711
We have a bulletin board here in Omaha, sponsored by the CBM Computer
Center, that I am a sysop of. I will be answering any and all questions
regarding C-Format v1.0 there. So if you are having any problems or have any
questions, feel free to call. The number is (402) 391-3102. The board
program being used is PCBoard v10.0 and 300, 1200 and 2400 baud are supported.
The first time that you run C-FORMAT.COM, you will be asked to load a boot
record of your disk format into the program. To do this, enter:
C>C-FORMAT C
You will then be asked to insert a DOS non-system formatted disk into drive A.
After doing this, the program will load your boot record into itself and
rewrite the program to a CFORMAT.COM. This file will be executable to format
disks.
CFORMAT will accept command line parameters. That is, you can select
which formatting option you would like to use from the command prompt.
However, if you happen to forget what the commands are, you will be presented
with a menu by leaving the command line option out. After the formatting
option has been selected, the program will prompt the user to insert the
diskettes in their proper drives and press any key to continue. Depending how
the user sets the options, disks will have to be in drives A, B, or both.
After pressing a key to continue, the program will procede in formatting the
diskettes.
Most of the options are self explainitory. But the option to format
drives A and B may raise some questions. If this option is specified, the
program will format the disk in drive A and then procede to format the disk in
drive B. I originally tried to have both drives format at the same time, but
due to the DMA controller and hardware limitations, they have to formatted in
sequence.
Hopefully this is good enough documentation to get you using CFORMAT.
However, if you are still having problems, remember to call our bulletin board
to get the answers. And don't forget the $10 donation! Happy formatting...