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ÆORMAT UP TO FOUR DISKS AT ONCE!
ÂY ×ILLIAM Á.à×HACKER
Ã-64 AND Ã-128

     ÉF YOU'RE A COMPUTER HOBBYIST LIKE ME, YOU TRY TO SAVE MONEY BY BUYING DISKS IN BULK. ÂUT FORMATTING THEM ALL CAN BE EXTREMELY TEDIOUS. ÔHAT'S WHY É WROTE ÍULTI-ÆORMATTER.
     ÁFTER RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM EITHER ÍENU 64 OR ÍENU 128, LOAD A NEW DISK INTO EVERY DRIVE CONNECTED TO YOUR COMPUTER. ÃOMMODORE 1541S, 1571S AND 1581S ARE ALL SUPPORTED BY ÍULTI-ÆORMATTER. ×HEN YOU ENTER THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE DRIVES, THE PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURE ANY 1571S TO 1541 MODE. ÔHIS IS DONE SO YOU CAN MAKE THEM "FLIPPY" DISKS, IF DESIRED. ÆLIPPIES ARE DISKS WHICH CAN BE FLIPPED AND FORMATTED ON BOTH SIDES.
     ÙOU CAN READ ANY DRIVE'S DIRECTORY USING THE Æ1 TO Æ7 KEYS FOR DRIVES 8 TO 11, RESPECTIVELY. ÔHUS YOU CAN FORMAT ON DRIVES 8 AND 9 ONLY, BUT STILL READ DIRECTORIES FROM DRIVES 8 TO 11!
     ÐRESS THE SPACE BAR TO START THE FORMATTING PROCESS. ÁFTER EACH DISK IS DONE, THE NEW DIRECTORY WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN, VERIFYING THAT THE FORMATTING IS CORRECT. ÔHEN PRESS Ò TO ÒESTART THE PROGRAM; THE Ò COMMAND PUTS ANY 1571S CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM BACK INTO 1541 MODE.
     ÎOW YOU, LIKE ME, CAN WATCH TELEVISION WHILE FORMATTING BOXES OF DISKS. ÊUST GET UP DURING COMMERCIAL BREAKS, FLIP OVER THE 1571 AND 1541 DISKS, RESTART THE PROGRAM, AND HIT THE SPACE BAR TO BEGIN FORMATTING AGAIN.
     ÂY THE WAY, ÍULTI-ÆORMATTER MAKES A GREAT LEARNING PROGRAM FOR ADDING YOUR OWN SOUND EFFECTS, SCREEN AND CHARACTER COLORS, AND OTHER DISK COMMANDS.