Olympia People, User Manual

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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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