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- C-Format
- A High Speed Disk Formatting Program
- Written by Chris Patterson
- 7/25/86
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- C-Format v1.0 is a high speed disk formatting program. This program has
- shown itself to format diskettes faster than DOS 3.1! The program allows you
- to select whether or not to verify the disks being formatted. This can save
- time by not verifying them. Personally, I have rarely had a bad disk. And I
- buy the cheapest disks around.
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- C-Format v1.0 is being introduced into the public domain. That is, you
- can copy the program all you want, and give it to whomever you want. However,
- if you use this program, I am asking that a donation of $10 be sent to me, the
- author. If you for some reason feel that $10 is too much, substitute an amount
- that you think the program is worth. Please send all donations to:
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- Chris Patterson
- 3211 South 58 Street
- Omaha, NE 68106-3711
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- We have a bulletin board here in Omaha, sponsored by the CBM Computer
- Center, that I am a sysop of. I will be answering any and all questions
- regarding C-Format v1.0 there. So if you are having any problems or have any
- questions, feel free to call. The number is (402) 391-3102. The board
- program being used is PCBoard v10.0 and 300, 1200 and 2400 baud are supported.
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- The first time that you run C-FORMAT.COM, you will be asked to load a boot
- record of your disk format into the program. To do this, enter:
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- C>C-FORMAT C
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- You will then be asked to insert a DOS non-system formatted disk into drive A.
- After doing this, the program will load your boot record into itself and
- rewrite the program to a CFORMAT.COM. This file will be executable to format
- disks.
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- CFORMAT will accept command line parameters. That is, you can select
- which formatting option you would like to use from the command prompt.
- However, if you happen to forget what the commands are, you will be presented
- with a menu by leaving the command line option out. After the formatting
- option has been selected, the program will prompt the user to insert the
- diskettes in their proper drives and press any key to continue. Depending how
- the user sets the options, disks will have to be in drives A, B, or both.
- After pressing a key to continue, the program will procede in formatting the
- diskettes.
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- Most of the options are self explainitory. But the option to format
- drives A and B may raise some questions. If this option is specified, the
- program will format the disk in drive A and then procede to format the disk in
- drive B. I originally tried to have both drives format at the same time, but
- due to the DMA controller and hardware limitations, they have to formatted in
- sequence.
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- Hopefully this is good enough documentation to get you using CFORMAT.
- However, if you are still having problems, remember to call our bulletin board
- to get the answers. And don't forget the $10 donation! Happy formatting...
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