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From: csbrod@medusainformatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Extened Format Programs...
Message-ID: <3386@medusainformatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 17 Dec 90 12:01:04 GMT
References: <1990Dec10.053401.6544@ecst.csuchico.edu> <1990Dec13.115304.824@actrix.gen.nz>
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Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>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..

HYPERFORMAT indeed does all these things, but it's not PD. It's part
of my book 'Scheibenkleister', therefore it can only be obtained
legally by buying the book. Just to put in a grain of salt 8-)

You're right with your theory concerning the hardware mod for 1.1 MB
disks. It was published last year in the German computer magazine
'ST-Computer'. In late summer 89, a friend of ours developped the
High Density solution for the ST (1.44 MB, PC-compatible disks),
and HYPERFORMAT supports these formats, too. It packs up to 21 sectors
on one track, totalling a whopping 1.7 MB on a standard 3.5" HD disk.
In Germany, several other PD programs are available that do extra
stuff with your disks; most of them also include some kind of
twister format.

 
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