Date   : Tue, 06 Jan 1998 22:41:55 +1300
From   : "Bill Keesing" <bill@...>
Subject: Re: Acorn DFS

>>> I have recently purchased a BBC B. I used to have one years ago.
>>> 
>>> However, the disk formatting command that I remember, *FORM, does not 
>>> appear to work under Acorn DFS (it tries to look for a file named 
>>> FORM).
>
>If I remember it correctly, Acorn DFS does not have a formatting command.
>You have to use a utility supplied on a diskette. Watford DFS have
>*FORM40 and *FORM80 commands (format 40/80 tracks).


There was a copy of *FORM40 and *FORM80 on the "Welcome" Disks

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