Date   : Wed, 04 Sep 2002 08:39:24 +0100
From   : "Dawn and Austin" <dawnandoz@...>
Subject: Re: BBC novice

> I'm a BBC novice,  I run my master 128 and a funky old UMI MIDI sequencer.
I currently purchased a floppy drive and have I few questions that I hope
someone on this list could please help me answer.
>
> 1. What is the command for formatting a floppy?

Assuming you are using DFS, the command will be *FORM 40 (to format the disk
with 40 tracks) or *FORM 80 (to format it with 80 tracks)

There's no real reason you'd want to use 40 tracks, so *FORM 80 then select
drive 0.

> 2. What is the command to see a disk's dir?

*CAT (will CATalogue the disk)

> 3. I keep getting " Disk Fault 18 at :0 01/00" whats that all about?

Not sure about the specific fault (18) but the disk probably isn't
formatted, or is damaged.

>
> Thanks
> Giuseppe
>
>
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