Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!coherent!next!sstreep From: sstreep@next.com (Sam Streeper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Extened Format Programs... Message-ID: <323@next.com> Date: 13 Dec 90 19:24:08 GMT References: <36743@cup.portal.com> <1990Dec10.053401.6544@ecst.csuchico.edu> <1990Dec10.150826.8845@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Reply-To: sstreep@elvis.UUCP (My Account) Organization: NeXT, Inc. Lines: 17 In article ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) writes: >Does FORMAT.{PRG,ACC} (posted to atari.archive, I believe) VERIFY the >format? I don't know about this one, but I posted my formatter to comp.[sources binaries].atari.st, which formats 10 track, 80 sector disks and verifies them. It runs as a program or accessory, and writes 800K disks such that single sided drives can read 400K of that. It's called DUBL_VIS.PRG and it should be on the archives, I suspect. It doesn't have any interesting options like ms-dos boot sector or sector skewing, but someone could add that if they liked... It doesn't do any weird tricks and has been completely reliable in my experience. -sam