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From: silver@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Andy Silverman)
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Subject: Re: Maxi-Form (format big disks) doesn't work
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Date: 23 Feb 89 23:30:16 GMT
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In article <51610@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> spolsky-joel@CS.Yale.EDU
(Joel Spolsky) writes:
>I just downloaded Maxi-Form from c.b.i.p. Unfortunately, it doesn't
>work. It manages to format 800K disks on my PS/2-30, but those disks
>don't work properly. When I tried to copy things onto them I got a
>"sector not found" error. Not very encouraging, I don't think I will
>trust my data to this program.
>
>At this point I would highly recommend AGAINST using this program.
I would mention (subject to the usual disclaimers) that the documentation
mentions that this may occur, and with registration of the program that
they would send an additional program which is supposed to clear up this
problem on machines which experience this.  I think that's what they said,
at least.  I deleted my copy after I found out it was for DOS 3.2 and up, and
I'm using 3.1...
Andy Silverman
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