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- Bondwell 12/14 Format Programs
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- The two programs in this library, BWKPFMT.COM and BWOSFMT.COM, are to allow
- formatting of a blank or unused disk to Kaypro II (BWKPFMT) or Osborne I
- Double Density (BWOSFMT) formats. They are for use on Bondwell 12 and 14
- computers only, running the standard Bondwell BIOS. They examine a byte in
- BIOS memory at BIOS + 33H, to check for the drive being properly set to the
- format being done. If it is not, the program will give an error
- indication, and invite you to change the format of the drive with the
- Bondwell supplied SETUP.COM program.
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- These formats have been tested on the Bondwell 12 and 12A, and on Kaypro
- and Osborne computers, and they have been able to be written to and read
- from successfully. If you have any problems, there is a possibility that
- the setting for Gap 3 is not completely correct; it is based on the best
- information that I had available. The setting in the program for Gap 3 on
- the Kaypro is 39H presently, and for the Osborne it is 6BH. If you want to
- try a different Gap 3, the byte to change is located at 03C5.
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- As currently set-up, these programs cannot be modified to format any other
- than those that they are set to, due to the error checking that is built
- into them.
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- Mack Peirson
- Katy, Texas
- 8 August 1986
- those that they are set to, due to the error checking that is built
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