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From: i14@nikhefh.hep.nl (Martin Los)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: 1050 Format
Message-ID: <576@nikhefh.hep.nl>
Date: 18 Nov 88 09:58:36 GMT
Reply-To: i14@nikhefh.hep.nl (Martin Los)
Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
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Is it possible to  partially format an atari disk or do you always have to
format the entire disk?
I have heard that the 1050 'is intelligent' ,can you program the 1050 
so you can write your own DOS?

please,if somebody has an answer to these questions (perhaps a low level
SIO call that i haven't discovered yet can do the job????) email me
at i14@nikhefh.hep.nl     
thanks in advance,
        Martin                 
P.S :the 8bit atari's are very bad supported in holland,
     i seem to be the only one with an 800xl !