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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Extened Format Programs...
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Date: 10 Dec 90 05:34:01 GMT
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In article <36743@cup.portal.com> Yonderboy@cup.portal.com (Christopher Lee Russ
ell) writes:
>What is the current verdict on all of the extened format programs I have
>ran across.  Is it safe to format a disk with these programs (is the data
>going to be secure).  I have a program that formats 82 track and gives
>me near 800K is this OK?  Also what is the twister format, is this good?

I've been formatting my disks at 82/10 (828K -- the damn GEMDOS bug won't
recognize two sectors on the disk, so I don't get 830K) for 3 years, ever
since I've had an ST.  No problems.  I also format them with a 'twister' or
'skew' option.  I recommend DC Format (version 3.2 is the latest, I think)
and Mystic.  Mystic automatically formats with skew and the nice 
thing is that it formats in the background.  I also recommend DESKFMT 
which is in RAMPLS12.LZH (or similar filename).  I have NeoDesk 3.0 
and TOS 1.6 so I use those.

(Damn vi editor!  ARGH!)

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