Date   : Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:04:05 +0100
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: Duplicating DFS / ADFS floppies

On 29/08/2007 10:40, Jules Richardson wrote:
> What's the least-painless way of duplicating both DFS and ADFS floppies?
> 
> Potentially-useful stuff I've got:
> 
>    A B+ with both ADFS and 1770 DFS ROMs in it.
>    An EPROM burner.
>    A floppy with a working copy of AFORM on it so I can format ADFS disks.
> 
> Possibilities seem to be:
> 
>    - Some sort of simple one-liner already built into both DFS and ADFS
>      ROMs (seems unlikely).

*BACKUP x y
where x is the drive number of the source and y is the drive number of 
the destination is what you need for DFS.  x and y can be the same; DFS 
will prompt you to change disks.

Memory is more hazy about ADFS, but I think BACKUP might be a utility on 
disk under ADFS.

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York