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1.88 Mb floppy disk driver/formatter
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Version 1.11a
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Written by: Stanimir Georgiev Boychev
All rights reserved!
These programs are "shareware" (look at the explanation below)
Description of OS2_188.EXE
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This is a DOS device driver working with 1.88 Mb 3.5" HD floppy disks.
It works on AT 286 or higher computers. There should be a 1.44Mb floppy disk
drive. The driver automatically recognizes it and works with it. Put
"device=os2_188.exe" statement in your CONFIG.SYS. When you boot the system
driver displays the physical and the logical drive that will be used
(note for dummies: logical drives are A:, B:, C: etc., physical are - 0, 1,
128, 129).
OS2_188.EXE accepts the following parameters:
/r:# - retry count (values in range 0..9)
/d:# - explicitly sets the desired floppy drive
/n - driver doesn't intercept int 13h (don't use this with
Norton Utilities)
Example: device=c:\188\os2_188.exe /d:1 /r:6
Attention: Driver will not check if your computer is AT 286. If you start
it on a XT it will probably hang.
Description of F188O.EXE
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This is a formatter for 1.88 Mb floppy disks. It's for AT 286 and higher.
1.44 Mb floppy drive is automatically recognized and the disk in it is
formatted. F188O accepts the following parameters:
? - displays help message
f - plain formatting without verify (use it on high quality disks and
drives)
r:# - retry count (default 2)
d:# - explicitly chooses the floppy drive
t:# - track count ( <=82, default 80 )
v:lbl - sets volume label of disk
p - patches disks formatted with version 1.10b. After the operation
they will be readable under OS/2 Warp 3. (This operation doesn't
destroy the data on disks)
Example: f188o r:1 d:1 v:Disk_1
The 1.88 Mb format is compatible with OS/2 Warp 3.0 XDF format
when the tracks are 80.
Information about 1.88 Mb disk format
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The format of diskette is:
- Physical: 80 tracks, 2 sides, 23 sectors per track
- Logical: 1 boot sector, two copies of FAT, 11 sectors
224 entries in root directory (14 sectors)
As you can see the diskette is formatted with 23 sectors per track which is
with 2 sectors more than the number provided by FDFormat. 1.88 Mb format
reaches the maximal quantity information which can be written on 3.5" HD disk.
Formatter verifies the disk for errors and is quite good in this. FDFormat
users please note the following: Although the FDFormat states that it verifies
disk it performes only write operation, which allows to catch only errors
of type 'Sector not found', errors of type 'Data error' are not detected.
F188O does not suffer from this kind of trouble -> it's safe enough!
This program is my original product. Please let me know if you got any
problem while using it, I will eventually solve them in future versions.
I would gladly listen to your opinions and ideas for future development of
program.
OS2_188.EXE and F188O.EXE are compatible and work great with the following
software:
MS-DOS 5.0
MS-DOS 6.2
+ChkDsk
+DoubleSpace
+ScanDisk
+MSBackup
+Defrag
+MemMaker
+SmartDrv
Windows 3.1
Norton Utilities
+NDD
+DiskEdit
+SpeeDisk
+NCache2
Norton Backup
ARJ 2.41a, PKZIP 2.04g, UC2 R2, RAR (and many other archivers),
Stacker 4.0
OS/2 Warp 3 XDF 1.88 format
The compatibility with these programs was checked by me. Probably the list
is much bigger: Let me know the programs driver/formatter are (aren't) working
with.
Shareware agreement
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You can freely distribute this program if you don't change it in any way,
don't change the name of the author and copy the following files:
OS2_188.EXE
F188O.EXE
188E.DOC
188B.DOC
WHAT'S.NEW
The author is not liable for any harm which this program might cause to you,
or you think it have caused to you. Use it at your own risk.
And after all: Using of this program is legal for 30 days period since
the moment of receiving it. If you like the program and you want to continue
using it you should pay a small fee to the author. For personal use the fee
is $2, for busyness and government use the fee is $7. All European
currencies are accepted (plus USD of course). The fee should be paid for
every computer on which you are using the program. There is NO code in
program which could ruin your life after the 30 day. Author is counting on
your honour. Prove that the shareware is working well.
Don't forget that the breaking of any of these conditions is a violation
of copyright laws all over the world!
How to contact the author:
Stanimir Georgiev Boychev
fidonet address 2:35/27.6
FidoClassic address 2:3500/66
Mailing Addresses:
Bulgaria
Sofia, kv. "Musagenica"
bl. 101, vh. G, ap. 69
sem. Monevi, Stanimir Boychev
voice phone: 359-2-71-99-88
Bulgaria
Stara Zagora
ul. "Irechek" 42
Stanimir Boychev
voice phone: 359-42-2-76-89