Date   : Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:11:35 +0100 (BST)
From   : Pete Turnbull <pete@...>
Subject: Re: floppy discs

On Jul 14 2005,  0:14, Colin wrote:
> *HELP produces the following:
> DFS 1.20
> DFS
> UTILS
> WORDWISE 1>10
> OS 1.20
> >
> so presumably my machine can't format the disks.
> I don't have a welcome disk.
> Now is there any way I can get one or does it require fitting a part
or
> something like that. As I haven't got any usable disks, I can only
input via
> tape.

No, there's nothing in that list that will format a disk.  I'm pretty
sure disk stuff is available on the net but then you have something of
a chicken and egg problem getting it onto a disk.  There exists PC
software to read/write BBC disks but not many PCs have a controller
that can handle single density.  An alternative would be to find a ROM
image for Disc Doctor (or any other utility that includes a formatter)
and blow that into an EPROM, if you have (access to) an EPROM
programmer.


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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York