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From: inf2007@vax.rz.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de (inf2007)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Floppy Format Program for XT
Message-ID: <7789@nigel.udel.EDU>
Date: 9 Jan 90 22:42:27 GMT
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In article <>, Dave Emmerson writes:
> In article <17537@rpp386.cactus.org>, aubrey@rpp386.cactus.org (Aubrey McIntosh)
>  writes:
> > This program works in MS-DOS under Logitech 3.x.  It is hard coded
> > to format a 3.5" drive in drive A: (/dev/fd0) to 720kb.  The user
> >
> > I am looking for someone to correspond with as I translate it into C.
> > [lots of clever stuff deleted]
> 
> try this:
> 
> #include <system.h>
> 
> main()
> {
> 	system ("format a:") ;
> }
> 
> 
> No apologies to those without a sense of humour!
> 
> Dave E.

Very fine, Dave. And now, please port it to minix !

Robert Regn				University of Wuerzburg, Germany
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