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Utility Program
FORMAT (FORMATTING)
Blank diskettes must first be for
matted for use on your
PEOPLE
Personal Microcomputer. Until
they are formatted, information
can neither be recorded nor read.
You can format blank diskettes
by
• typing
FORMAT
• depressing the [RETURN] key
Track - 80
— — - completed - —
Enter drive to be formated (A-B):
c People Diskette Format Program Version x.x »
This program will etase ail files on the diskette
to be initialized. You may, exit this program by
replying to any questions with a control-C, N or n.
Diskette format is double sided, double density.
8® tracks per side, 16 sectors per track,
256 bytes per sector and sector skew factor 2.
Enter drive to be formatted (A-8) : 8
Put diskette to be initialized in drive 8. then type <CR>
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CP/M-86 Veision x x (x.x)
System Geneiated xx.xx.xx
« People Diskette Format Program Version xx «
This piogiam will erase all files on the diskette
to be initialized You may exit this program by
replying to any questions with a control- C. N oi n.
Diskette format is doüble sided, double density.
80 tracks per side. 16 sectors pet hack.
256 bytes per sector and sector skew factor 2.
Enter drive to be formatted (A-B) : B
Put diskette to be initialized in drive B, then type <CR>
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Data about the diskette structure
appears on the screen as well as
a note explaining that this pro
cedure will erase all files located
on the diskette to be formatted.
Operator Error
If you go into
FORMAT
by
mistake, you can exit the
program by
• depressing the
N
key or
• the keys
CTRL
and
C
simultaneously
The CP/M prompt > appears on
the screen to inform you of a
correct exit from
FORMAT
• The cursor blinks and the
computer asks which disk drive
should be formatted. Since the
system diskette is in disk drive
A, disk drive B is available for
formatting the new diskette.
• Type in B
• Insert the diskette to be for
matted in disk drive B.
NOTE:
The diskette must not be write-
protected. In the case of a write-
protected diskette, the message
“ bad diskette” appears on the
screen.
• Start the formatting run by
depressing [RETURN]
The number of formatted tracks
from 01 to 80 advances as each
track is formatted. The entire run
lasts approximately 1 minute. The
formatting of the diskette is ter
minated with the message
Track = 80 Completed.
Following this, you can either
format additional diskettes or exit
the
FORMAT
program by
• depressing [RETURN] or
N
or
• CRTL-C
• CP/M-86 prompt > reappears on
the screen
At this point you are ready to
proceed to the
COPYDISK
procedure.
NOTE:
The criteria for diskette format
indicated in the box on your
display are explained in the
Appendix, page A/9.
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