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- FormatQM Version 2.01
-
- March, 1995
-
- Sydex, Inc.
- P.O. Box 5700
- Eugene, OR 97405
- Voice: (503) 683-6033
- FAX: (503) 683-1622
- BBS: (503) 683-1385
- Orders: (800) 43-SYDEX
-
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- SYDEX, INC.
-
- FormatQM is a diskette formatting utility that incorporates just about
- everything that you'd ever want to see in a formatter. It features "no
- hands" operation and will format different diskette types in the same
- session. Up to 12 diskette drives can be specified in FormatQM
- execution; FormatQM will check for a diskette inserted in a drive and
- format it.
-
- Here are the key features of FormatQM:
-
- FormatQM offers the following features:
-
- 1. "No hands" operation--just insert blank diskettes as needed and
- remove them when complete. FormatQM detects changes in drive
- status automatically.
-
- 2. Formatting of two or more different formats (depending on the
- number of drives available) within the same session.
-
- 3. Formatting of Apple Macintosh(tm) high-density diskettes.
-
- 4. Automatic sequential volume labeling; e.g., write volume labels as
- LABEL0001, LABEL0002, etc. without prompting.
-
- 5. "Smart" formatting--FormatQM will scan and check already-formatted
- diskettes and re-format them if errors are detected.
-
- 6. "Perfect" format selection--unconditionally reject diskettes with
- any flaws on them.
-
- 7. User-specifiable formatting patterns, error retry count, and for-
- mat/verify pass counts.
-
- 8. User-selectable audible signaling.
-
- The registered version of FormatQM offers the following additional
- features:
-
- 9. User-definable formats. Specifiable DOS characteristics, sector
- size, interleave, track skew and boot data. Respecify charac-
- teristics of existing formats.
-
- 10. "Shell" to a DOS program after each diskette or call a user-
- written overlay to perform special processing.
-
- 11. Insert copy-protection information on any track.
-
- To install FormatQM, run the FINSTALL program.
-
- FormatQM contains extensive on-line help, which can be viewed, printed
- or written to a file for later viewing.
-
- FormatQM implements two interfaces--a menu-driven interface and a
- standard DOS command line interface. To start FormatQM with the menu
- interface, just run the following command:
-
- FORMATQM
-
- If you're interested in obtaining help without actually formatting any
- diskettes, run the following command:
-
- FORMATQM HELP
-
- Seeing-impaired users and others using an automatic text-to-speech
- translation device can obtain better performance by adding the word
- CRTBIOS to the FORMATQM command line:
-
- FORMATQM CRTBIOS HELP
-
- Far East users (e.g., Japan, China) can restrict FormatQM's display to
- the first 127 ASCII characters by using the word 7BIT on the command
- line:
-
- FORMATQM 7BIT
-
- Monochrome laptop computers with LCD screens will generally show a
- better display if the MONO word is added to the command line:
-
- FORMATQM MONO
-
- Any of these words may be assigned to the DOS environment variable
- FORMATQM in place of specifying them on the command line. For example,
- to specify CRTBIOS, insert the following line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
-
- SET FORMATQM=CRTBIOS
-
- -------------
-
- The following files are contained in this archive:
-
- FORMATQM.EXE FormatQM main program
- FINSTALL.EXE FormatQM installation program
- VIEWCONF.EXE Diskette configuration viewer
- FORMATQM.PIF Sample .PIF for Windows
- SYDEX.ICO Sydex Icon for Windows
- ORDER.FRM Order form
- READ.ME This file
- WHATS.NEW What's new in this version
- DBCS.DOC Notes for Chinese- and Japanese-Language Users
- CCARD.DOC Notes for users of Micro Solutions' Compaticard
- SYDEX.DOC Sydex services and products
- FILE_ID.DIZ Description for BBS Sysops
-
- All programs and documentation in this product are Copyright, 1995 by
- Sydex, Incorporated and may not be reproduced in any manner without
- the express permission of Sydex.