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From: msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: FDFORMAT16
Keywords: msdos,floppy,disk,format,fdformat,xt,fdread,fdform16.zip
Message-ID: <8265@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 16 Nov 90 15:27:56 GMT
References: <901115164154.HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET>
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In article <901115164154.HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET> HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET ("C.H. Hochstaetter") writes:
>To get FDFORMAT work on your XT, no FDREAD is neccessary. FDREAD is
>only required on AT class machines. Standard XT Controllers allow
>to read Disks with more than the standard sectors without a TSR.
>
>Thus I used 286 instructions to make FDREAD less memory consuming.
>Simply don't load FDREAD when you use FDFORMAT, when you are using
>an XT-Computer
>
>regards
>
>Christoph
>HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET
>HAMPE2%DMRHRZ11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU

THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


On a PS/2 model 30, with 720k 3 1/2 " disk drive, you
need FDREAD to format/read 820k diskettes.

So I still use FDREAD from FDFORMAT 1.5.

By the way, FDFORMAT is a great program!


Michael Schaap
msschaa@cs.vu.nl