Date   : Thu, 02 Aug 2001 23:09:20 +0100
From   : "Chris Thornley" <C.J.Thornley@...>
Subject: Re: Formatting BBC discs

Hi,

Most of acorn DFS did not come with disk formatters. It was up to the
manufacturer to provide a disk based one.
Watford /opus / solidisk dfs have a formatter built in other wise you have
to trace down a rom like disk doctor or enigma.

Chris


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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-bbc-micro@...
[mailto:owner-bbc-micro@...]On Behalf Of Saddler, Chris
Sent: 01 August 2001 17:17
To: 'bbc-micro@...'
Subject: [BBC-Micro] Formatting BBC discs



I have added a PC 1.44MB floppy disc drive to my BBC B with an 8271
interface and DFS1.21. Since I don't have the Acorn/BBC utility disc that
has the format command, I'm only able to format the discs for the BBC using
ArcDFS on my Acorn A3010.

Is there a Disc Utilities ROM that has the formatting software routine that
I need?

Also, what other utilities are on the Acorn/BBC utility disc that I might
need?

Chris