Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Roger.Sheppard From: Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Extened Format Programs... Message-ID: <1990Dec13.115304.824@actrix.gen.nz> Date: 13 Dec 90 11:53:04 GMT References: <1990Dec10.053401.6544@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: Roger.Sheppard@actrix.gen.nz (Roger Sheppard) Organization: Actrix Networks Lines: 45 <1990Dec10.150826.8845@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: Followup-To: Distribution:world Organization: Actrix Information Exchange, Wellington, New Zealand Keywords: Comment-To: ralph@laas.fr In article ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) writes: > In article <1990Dec10.150826.8845@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz) writes: > | Almost any formatter will do the job, but you should look for > | one that also VERIFIES the format to make sure everything is OK. > > Does FORMAT.{PRG,ACC} (posted to atari.archive, I believe) VERIFY the > format? > > Thanks, > > -- > Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. > ralph@laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. > ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!laas!ralph > If all else fails, try: sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU > ======================================================================== ======= > Reliable software should kill people reliably! -Andy Mickel, Pascal News #13,78 Hyper Format by A german chap that gets on here "Brod" is i think part of his name, Please excuse not knowing it, but his Formater works very well, and has the Option to Verify, and will do PC Formats, and 11 sector formats, and this one works !, but don't know if it has the 3 sector FAT option, as the Atari uses a none standard 5 sector format this can play havock with PC's, The Program Name that i have is HYPFM320.PRG, i don't know if there is a later one, also this Program will do 1.1 Meg and 1.2 meg Formats, with Hardware Mods, this i don't have the details on, but from what i gather, you speed up the clock to the controller ic.. -- Roger W. Sheppard 85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...