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  • Re: Any 64'er in Ohio?

    From lionhear@lionhear@aol.com (LIONHEAR) to comp.sys.cbm on Sunday, July 06, 2003 04:50:01
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    Tea I'm right here in lorain, just getting back to the 64. I've been away from it for awhile and I have a stupid question. WHat is the exact commands for formatting a disk. i know part of it open 15,8,15. Could you help me outwith an example.thank you
    lionhear@aol.com
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  • From Matthew Montchalin@mmontcha@OregonVOS.net to comp.sys.cbm on Saturday, July 05, 2003 23:26:33
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    On 6 Jul 2003, LIONHEAR wrote:
    |Tea I'm right here in lorain, just getting back to the 64. I've been
    |away from it for awhile and I have a stupid question. WHat is the exact |commands for formatting a disk. i know part of it open 15,8,15. Could
    |you help me outwith an example.

    10 open15,8,15,"n0:test"+chr$(44)+chr$(34)+chr$(33)

    For investigative purposes, try replacing the parenthesized '33'
    with other numbers like '20' or '148' and see what you get.


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  • From Martin@martinnca@yahoo.ca to comp.sys.cbm on Sunday, July 06, 2003 09:14:05
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    Yeah,

    The format to format a disk (NEW) is...

    OPEN15,device#,15,"N0:NAME,ID":CLOSE15 or

    OPEN15,device#,15:PRINT#15,"N0:NAME,ID":CLOSE15

    device# can be any disk drive number (8 to 11)
    NAME can be any name upto 16 characters
    ID can be upto 2 characters

    This can be used in direct mode (BASIC) or program mode

    If program mode, you could do the following

    10 OPEN15,8,15,"N0:NAME,ID":INPUT#15,E,E$,ET,ES:CLOSE15:PRINTE;E$;ET;ES

    This will format a disk and check the error channel for the status.

    "Matthew Montchalin" <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0307052322100.17072-100000@lab.oregonvos.net...
    On 6 Jul 2003, LIONHEAR wrote:
    |Tea I'm right here in lorain, just getting back to the 64. I've been
    |away from it for awhile and I have a stupid question. WHat is the exact |commands for formatting a disk. i know part of it open 15,8,15. Could
    |you help me outwith an example.

    10 open15,8,15,"n0:test"+chr$(44)+chr$(34)+chr$(33)

    For investigative purposes, try replacing the parenthesized '33'
    with other numbers like '20' or '148' and see what you get.




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