A PUBLIC DOMAIN FORMATTER.
       This small program is copyrighted 1990 to W.  Visser, P.O. 
Box 507, Beenleigh, Queensland 4207.

       It  is  basically the format routine out of  the  SUPERMON 
cartridge, made available as a PD program, and you may pass it on 
to anybody as long as:
                    You do not charge for it.
                 You do not alter it in any way.
               You ALWAYS include this text file.

       You   have  a  choice  of  either  calling  this   utility 
SUPERFMT.PRG,  in which case you can run it from the desktop like 
any other PRG file,  or naming it SUPERFMT.ACC, in which case you 
can put it in the root directory of your boot disk,  and have  it 
available at any time. 
Here are some of the "Supermon advantages":
          Both nine and 10 sector format are "twister".
             Format starts at the end and can abort.
                 Format with or without verify.
         Bad sector marking allows use of damaged disks.
              Disks are automatically innoculated.
                   You can choose IBM format.
                 Quick wipe takes only seconds.
             Allows adding a Volume label to disks.
            Tells you if you forgot to change disks.

       All  formatting  will be the so called  "twister"  format, 
which doubles your loading (reading) speed,  and writing speed if 
verify is switched off (A Supermon option).

       Both  FORMAT  and  QUICK WIPE  will  innoculate  the  disk 
against  boot sector viruses.  A message saying "This  floppy  is 
'Supermon' safe" will appear on boot up,  indicating the disk has 
not been tampered with.
       FOR COMPLETE VIRUS PROTECTION,  USE THE SUPERMON CARTRIDGE 
WITH ITS 4 WAY VIRUS PROTECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       Tracks  are written from the LAST one to  the  first,  and 
formatting can be aborted.  This means that formatting the  wrong 
disk  is  no longer fatal!  Simply hold down Alternate  and  Left 
Shift  to abort.         Disks can be formatted with  or  without 
verify. Without is not as safe, but takes 1/2 the time! After the 
format  bar  fills,   and  the  busy  bee  appears,   hold   down 
Alternate/Left  Shift  to  abort  verification  and  bad   sector 
marking.

       Clicking  on  FORMAT starts the formatting  with  whatever 
parameters  you have set up,  such as Single sided/double  sided, 
nine or ten sectors per track and number of tracks selected.
You will get a warning that all information will be lost.
If you have not changed disks since the last access, you will get 
a further warning advising you of that. (Unique to Supermon).

       Clicking   on  QUICK  WIPE  will  blank  the  FATs   (File 
Allocation  Table) and directory sectors,  leaving  any  previous 
disk layout intact, but making the disk appear totally blank.

       VOLUME  LABEL  is a name which you can give to  the  disk. 
After  the format is completed,  this name will be added  to  the 
disk and shows up when "Show info" is called.
If  you wish to add a volume label to an already formatted  disk, 
whether  there are already files on the disk or  not,  enter  the 
name and click on ONLY. This will ONLY write the volume label.

       MARK BAD. This will rapidly scan the disk for bad sectors, 
and de-allocate these in the FATs. This means that when files are 
written to the disk,  these sectors will be  bypassed.         DO 
NOT USE MARK BAD ON DISKS WITH INFORMATION ON THEM.
This  is because IF a bad sector is part of a file,  you will  no 
longer be able to access this.

       IBM FORMAT will NOT inncoculate the disk,  but give it  an 
IBM compatible header instead.

       FORMATTING and BAD MARKING may be aborted by holding  down 
the Alternate and Left Shift key together.
       
       This  formatter is just one of nearly a hundred  different 
functions in the SUPERMON cartridge.  If you like the  formatter, 
you  will love the power Supermon gives you.  Should you like  to 
know more about this, please send a SSAE to:

                         SUPER PRODUCTS
                          P.O. Box 507
                            Beenleigh
                         Queensland 4207
                            Australia