Date   : Thu, 15 Jun 1989 07:44:00 EST
From   : "C'est ma vie." <JSHIN%HAMPVMS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: "verify"

I was wondering if CP/M-80 had the write verify facility, and if it did,
if it can be turned on and off through BIOS or BDOS calls.

MS-DOS certainly does (apologies to the "CP/M on steroids" person), but
the default is "off."

It seems that the version of DISKCOPY I have has something like verify,
since it just picked out a bad track for me during formatting, but I
wanted to know if BDOS does it for ALL writing accesses.  If it does,
also, what happens to the bad track?  Ignored or marked?

Thank you

                              John Shin

---- I need some kind of an I.D. file here ----
---- But, it shouldn't be too long, 'cause the fellow 300-BAUD'ers
     won't have the time to read it (I certainly don't) ----
---- Or, I can get a 2400-BAUD'er
     and sqush in a real big one ----