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  1. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  2. │                                                                    │
  3. │                                                                    │
  4. │ AT&T PC6300 SUPPORT BBS - Bulletin Service                         │
  5. │                                                                    │
  6. │ SUBJECT:  Low Level Format Routine for the PC6300 and PC6300+      │
  7. │ PROVIDED BY:  AT&T PC-Hotline                                      │
  8. │                                                                    │
  9. ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  10. │                                                                    │
  11. │       If you get the message fixed disk not ready when you         │
  12. │       try to format, and the resident diagnostics show it          │
  13. │       present (i.e. any message but "Fixed Disk Not                │
  14. │       Present"), there is a low level formating routine in         │
  15. │       the Rom Bios which might fix it. This routine can be         │
  16. │       called using Debug in the following manner:                  │
  17. │                                                                    │
  18. │       A> debug (cr)                                                │
  19. │       - a (cr)                                                     │
  20. │       XXXX:0100 call f000:c038 (cr)                                │
  21. │       XXXX:0105 int 20h (cr)                                       │
  22. │       XXXX:0107 (cr)                                               │
  23. │       - g (cr)                                                     │
  24. │                                                                    │
  25. │       Fixed Disk Formating Utility                                 │
  26. │       All data on the specified fixed disk will be erased.         │
  27. │       Enter fixed disk number (1 to 8) or Q to quit:___            │
  28. │                                                                    │
  29. │                                   (note 1 to 8 corresponds to      │
  30. │                                                 c:, d:  .....)     │
  31. │                                                                    │
  32. │       Formating Fixed Disk                                         │
  33. │       Format is complete                                           │
  34. │       Proceed with FDISK and FORMAT                                │
  35. │                                                                    │
  36. │       Program terminated normally                                  │
  37. │       - q (cr)                                                     │
  38. │       A>                                                           │
  39. │                                                                    │
  40. │                                                                    │
  41. │       Note the Rom 1.21 will not give the Program Terminated       │
  42. │       message and you will have to reboot after the proceed        │
  43. │       message.                                                     │
  44. │                                                                    │
  45. │                                                                    │
  46. └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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