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From: mikeu@pro-magic.cts.com (Mike Ungerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: 40 track ProDos, PC Transporter
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Date: 5 May 90 21:16:16 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from KJJY@MARISTB.BITNET

The patch to Prodos for 40 tracks that you mentioned will make the modified
Prodos that you then boot able to read and write to disks up to 40 tracks.  It
will not, however, make any changes to Copy II plus's ability to format.  You
would then have to patch C2P's formatting routines to allow them to format
your disks out to 40 tracks.

Glen Bredon's Cat.Doctor (comes with Prosel) has a built in formatter that
asks you how many tracks you would like your disk formatted to.  You can even
format out to 40 tracks without a modified ProDos, although you will still
have to patch Prodos to use those new tracks once formatted.

I once saw a patch to Filer that allowed it to format a volume to 40 tracks.
Anyone know what that is?

By the way, I recommend not using Copy II Plus on 40 track disks.  Some of its
routines just cannot accomodate larger 5 1/4" floppies, like the disk map,
delete volume, etc.  Again the utility of choice is Cat.doctor or the modified
Filer.
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