RANA Systems Elite Controller, User Manual

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ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL CP/M ENHANCEMENTS
(Tough, right?) After CP/M loads the utility
into memory, FORMAT will “sign on” by saying
something like:
Apple ][ CP/M
16 Sector Disk Formatter
(C) 1980 Microsoft
Format disk in which drive?
If any part of your “sign on” message is differ-
ent, you may have a newer version. In such a
case, it would be wise to look up FORMAT in your
CP/M manuals to make sure Microsoft didn’t
change something for which these instructions
have yet to be updated.
Now you will need a diskette you can format
(you’ll also need a second one later). If you
want to format a used disk remember that all the
files as well as the system tracks will be
erased. Format will normally detect an already
formatted 16 sector disk and ask you to verify
that you want the disk erased. This includes
any DOS 3.3 or Apple Pascal diskettes you may
have had lying around. If you plan on format-
ting an Elite Two or Three diskette (higher
capacity) you should check the Recommended Disk-
ettes section of this manual.
If you’re an Elite Three user, you may have
noticed that you are about to do a standard
Apple Disk ][ format (which means doing some
writing) on an Elite Three which is only suppose
to be read compatible. This is true. However,
since this procedure will not expect a non-Elite
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