Date   : Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:18:35 +0100 (BST)
From   : jim <jim@...>
Subject: Re: FW: Disk formatting question

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Matt Callow wrote:
> I think it depends on which verion of DFS you have.
> For some you need a separate format program. I have a
> beeb with a disk interface that I've never been able
> to find a format program for. 

Heh, me too. I ended up writing my own, in BASIC yet, using DFS OSWORDs. 
Bit rough and ready, but it works.  I did look at the track indices for
some preformatted discs to find out the sector skew that Acorn use (it's
7, if you're interested). If anyone wants it they're welcome to it.

Cheers, jim
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