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Utrecht, April 1990.
This file accompanies FORMAT v 2.04.
FORMAT has the following features:
- program and accessory in one;
- various formats:
- single/double sided
- 40/80/81/82/83 tracks
- 9/10 sectors
- as an accessory it can format disks in the background;
- can create MS-DOS compatible disks;
- can create immune (virusresistant) disks;
- can use an external bootsector file as prototype bootsector;
- formats in reversed order;
- can format two disks at once.
Files:
- FORMAT.PRG of FORMAT.ACC
- SAVEBOOT.PRG
- FORMAT.TXT
First thing FORMAT does when executed is try to read the file FORMAT.BT.
If available, this file is used as a prototype for the creation of bootsectors.
If not available the user can choose between MS-DOS and ST-Immune bootsectors.
Disks are always tried to be formatted MS-DOS readable (even if they don't get
the MS-DOS bootsector).
The utility program SAVEBOOT can save bootsectors to FORMAT.BT; just choose
a drive.
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