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Disk Memory System
The prompt DESTRUCTIVE TEST (YIN)? allows you to control whether or not the data
on the disk is destroyed. If you want it destroyed, answer
Y.
If you do not want it
destroyed, answer
N.
The prompt, MASTER DISK ( 1 -3)? appears. Your response indicates which disk drive
holds the diskette you want to test. When you answer, the DISKNAME is filled in, and
the prompt TRACKS PER SIDE? appears if you selected DESTRUCTIVE TEST. The
diskette is tested for the number of tracks you enter. The prompt SINGLESIDED (YIN)?
appears next. If you have both a double-sided diskette and drive, press
N
and then
ENTER;
otherwise, press
Y
and then
ENTER.
Next, the prompt SINGLE DENSITY (YIN)?
appears. Enter your response. The prompt LOOP (YIN)? now appears. It determines
whether the test is to be run once or over and over until you stop it. Answer
Y
If you
want it to be run repeatedly. Answer
N
if you want it to be run just once.
The prompt LOG ERRORS? (YIN)? appears. Your answer determines whether or not any
errors found are to be recorded on another device in addition to being shown on the
screen. If you do not want any other record, enter
N.
If you want a record somewhere
else, enter
Y.
If you enter
Y,
the prompt DEVICE NAME? appears. You then may enter
the device and file name to which you want the log to go. For example, if you want a
record put on the diskette in drive two under the filename LOGLIST, enter
DSK2.LOGLIST. If you want the logged errors printed on an attached Solid State
Thermal Printer, enter TP as the device name. Note that you cannot log to the disk
drive that is being tested.
When the test is run, the record of any errors looks like this:
BAD ADDRESSICODE
nnn/m
TOTAL ERRORS:
nn
COMPLETED PASS:
nn
WORKING ... PLEASE WArr.
PRESS
CLEAR TO ABORT COMMAND
The first number after BAD ADDRESSICODE indicates the sector that was found to be
bad. The second number is the error code for the error that was found. (See
Appendix
B.)
An error tone is generated for each error found.
The number after TOTAL ERRORS: is the total number of errors that have been found
so far in the diskette. The number after COMPLETED PASS: is the number of times the
test has been run. If you have chosen not to have the test loop, then only one pass is
made. Otherwise, this test shows how many loops have been run so far.
If you choose to run the comprehensive test, the following screen appears.
COMPREHENSIVE TEST
DESTRUCTIVE
MASTER DISK
[1 -3)? 1
Note:
This test takes about 1 5 minutes for a single-sided diskette and about twice as
long for a double-sided diskette to complete. All data andlor programs on the diskette
will be lost.
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