T.FORMAT FLASH
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FILENAME(S): T.FORMAT FLASH
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FIRST SEEN: 2025-11-30 18:05:27
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00000000: 00 80 5E 55 3A 55 54 49 4C 49 54 59 57 41 52 45 |..^U:UTILITYWARE| 00000010: 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 31 35 34 31 20 |. 1541 | 00000020: C6 CF D2 CD C1 D4 20 C6 CC C1 D3 C8 0D 0D 20 20 |...... ....... | 00000030: 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 59 20 D2 4F 47 45 52 20 C1 | BY .OGER .| 00000040: 2E 20 C2 41 43 48 45 4C 44 45 52 0D 0D 20 20 20 |. .ACHELDER.. | 00000050: 20 C9 27 56 45 20 41 4C 57 41 59 53 20 42 45 45 | .'VE ALWAYS BEE| 00000060: 4E 20 53 55 53 50 49 43 49 4F 55 53 20 4F 46 0D |N SUSPICIOUS OF.| 00000070: 41 4E 59 54 48 49 4E 47 20 54 48 41 54 20 48 41 |ANYTHING THAT HA| 00000080: 44 20 54 48 45 20 57 4F 52 44 2C 20 22 C6 CC C1 |D THE WORD, "...| 00000090: D3 C8 22 0D 49 4E 20 49 54 53 20 4E 41 4D 45 2C |..".IN ITS NAME,| 000000A0: 20 42 55 54 20 54 48 49 53 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 | BUT THIS PROGRA| 000000B0: 4D 20 4D 41 4B 45 53 0D 4D 45 20 45 41 54 20 4D |M MAKES.ME EAT M| 000000C0: 59 20 57 4F 52 44 53 20 28 41 47 41 49 4E 29 2E |Y WORDS (AGAIN).| 000000D0: 20 20 C1 43 54 55 41 4C 4C 59 2C 0D 57 48 45 4E | .CTUALLY,.WHEN| 000000E0: 20 D2 4F 47 45 52 20 53 45 4E 54 20 55 53 20 54 | .OGER SENT US T| 000000F0: 48 49 53 20 4C 49 54 54 4C 45 20 47 45 4D 2C 0D |HIS LITTLE GEM,.| 00000100: 48 45 20 47 41 56 45 20 49 54 20 54 48 45 20 4D |HE GAVE IT THE M| 00000110: 4F 44 45 53 54 20 4D 4F 4E 49 4B 45 52 2C 20 22 |ODEST MONIKER, "| 00000120: 31 35 34 31 0D C4 C9 D3 CB 20 C6 CF D2 CD C1 D4 |1541..... ......| 00000130: D4 C5 D2 22 2C 20 42 55 54 20 57 45 27 56 45 20 |...", BUT WE'VE | 00000140: 42 45 45 4E 0D 44 49 52 45 43 54 45 44 20 46 52 |BEEN.DIRECTED FR| 00000150: 4F 4D 20 41 42 4F 56 45 20 54 4F 20 55 53 45 20 |OM ABOVE TO USE | 00000160: 43 41 54 43 48 59 2C 0D 59 45 54 20 44 45 53 43 |CATCHY,.YET DESC| 00000170: 52 49 50 54 49 56 45 2C 20 41 54 54 45 4E 54 49 |RIPTIVE, ATTENTI| 00000180: 4F 4E 2D 47 45 54 54 49 4E 47 2C 0D 59 45 54 20 |ON-GETTING,.YET | 00000190: 54 41 53 54 45 46 55 4C 20 4E 41 4D 45 53 20 46 |TASTEFUL NAMES F| 000001A0: 4F 52 20 4F 55 52 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 53 2E |OR OUR PROGRAMS.| 000001B0: 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D3 4F 20 54 48 41 54 27 53 20 |.. .O THAT'S | 000001C0: 57 48 45 52 45 20 54 48 45 20 4E 41 4D 45 2C 20 |WHERE THE NAME, | 000001D0: 22 31 35 34 31 0D C6 CF D2 CD C1 D4 20 C6 CC C1 |"1541....... ...| 000001E0: D3 C8 22 2C 20 43 4F 4D 45 53 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 |..", COMES FROM | 000001F0: 2D 2D 20 41 42 4F 56 45 2E 0D D0 45 52 53 4F 4E |-- ABOVE...ERSON| 00000200: 41 4C 4C 59 2C 20 C9 20 57 41 4E 54 45 44 20 54 |ALLY, . WANTED T| 00000210: 4F 20 43 41 4C 4C 20 49 54 0D 22 C6 CF D2 CD C1 |O CALL IT.".....| 00000220: D4 20 C6 C9 C5 CE C4 22 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CE |. ....."... .| 00000230: 4F 57 20 54 48 41 54 20 57 45 27 56 45 20 54 41 |OW THAT WE'VE TA| 00000240: 4B 45 4E 20 43 41 52 45 20 4F 46 0D 4E 4F 4D 45 |KEN CARE OF.NOME| 00000250: 4E 43 4C 41 54 55 52 45 2C 20 4C 45 54 27 53 20 |NCLATURE, LET'S | 00000260: 54 41 4C 4B 20 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 54 49 4E 47 2E |TALK FORMATTING.| 00000270: 0D CF 4E 20 41 20 31 35 34 31 20 44 52 49 56 45 |..N A 1541 DRIVE| 00000280: 2C 20 49 54 27 53 20 53 4C 4F 57 2C 20 54 45 44 |, IT'S SLOW, TED| 00000290: 49 4F 55 53 2C 0D 42 4F 52 49 4E 47 20 41 4E 44 |IOUS,.BORING AND| 000002A0: 20 4E 4F 54 20 41 20 4C 4F 54 20 4F 46 20 46 55 | NOT A LOT OF FU| 000002B0: 4E 2E 20 20 CF 4E 20 41 0D 31 35 37 31 20 49 54 |N. .N A.1571 IT| 000002C0: 27 53 20 4D 55 43 48 20 46 41 53 54 45 52 2C 20 |'S MUCH FASTER, | 000002D0: 42 55 54 20 53 49 4E 43 45 20 54 48 49 53 0D 50 |BUT SINCE THIS.P| 000002E0: 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 57 4F 4E 27 54 20 57 4F 52 |ROGRAM WON'T WOR| 000002F0: 4B 20 57 49 54 48 20 41 20 31 35 37 31 2C 20 57 |K WITH A 1571, W| 00000300: 48 4F 0D 43 41 52 45 53 3F 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CE |HO.CARES?.. .| 00000310: 4F 57 20 54 48 41 54 20 59 4F 55 20 48 41 56 45 |OW THAT YOU HAVE| 00000320: 20 31 35 34 31 20 C6 CF D2 CD C1 D4 0D C6 C9 C5 | 1541 ..........| 00000330: CE C4 2C 20 55 48 2C 20 C6 CC C1 D3 C8 20 49 4E |.., UH, ..... IN| 00000340: 20 59 4F 55 52 20 41 52 53 45 4E 41 4C 2C 20 4C | YOUR ARSENAL, L| 00000350: 4F 4E 47 0D 57 41 49 54 53 20 46 4F 52 20 46 4F |ONG.WAITS FOR FO| 00000360: 52 4D 41 54 54 49 4E 47 20 41 52 45 20 41 20 54 |RMATTING ARE A T| 00000370: 48 49 4E 47 20 4F 46 0D 54 48 45 20 50 41 53 54 |HING OF.THE PAST| 00000380: 2E 20 20 CF 46 20 43 4F 55 52 53 45 2C 20 49 46 |. .F COURSE, IF| 00000390: 20 59 4F 55 20 41 52 45 20 4F 4E 4C 59 0D 46 4F | YOU ARE ONLY.FO| 000003A0: 52 4D 41 54 54 49 4E 47 20 4F 4E 45 20 44 49 53 |RMATTING ONE DIS| 000003B0: 4B 20 59 4F 55 20 4D 41 59 20 4E 4F 54 20 57 41 |K YOU MAY NOT WA| 000003C0: 4E 54 0D 54 4F 20 54 41 4B 45 20 54 48 45 20 54 |NT.TO TAKE THE T| 000003D0: 49 4D 45 20 54 4F 20 42 4F 4F 54 20 54 48 49 53 |IME TO BOOT THIS| 000003E0: 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 0D 55 50 20 54 4F 20 44 | PROGRAM.UP TO D| 000003F0: 4F 20 49 54 2C 20 45 56 45 4E 20 54 48 4F 55 47 |O IT, EVEN THOUG| 00000400: 48 20 54 48 45 20 53 41 56 49 4E 47 53 0D 49 4E |H THE SAVINGS.IN| 00000410: 20 54 49 4D 45 20 4D 49 47 48 54 20 4D 41 4B 45 | TIME MIGHT MAKE| 00000420: 20 49 54 20 57 4F 52 54 48 57 48 49 4C 45 2E 0D | IT WORTHWHILE..| 00000430: C2 55 54 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 20 46 4F |.UT IF YOU'RE FO| 00000440: 52 4D 41 54 54 49 4E 47 20 53 45 56 45 52 41 4C |RMATTING SEVERAL| 00000450: 0D 44 49 53 4B 53 20 41 54 20 41 20 54 49 4D 45 |.DISKS AT A TIME| 00000460: 2E 2E 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CE 4F 52 4D 41 4C 4C |..... .ORMALL| 00000470: 59 20 41 20 31 35 34 31 20 44 49 53 4B 20 46 4F |Y A 1541 DISK FO| 00000480: 52 4D 41 54 20 54 41 4B 45 53 0D 37 37 20 53 45 |RMAT TAKES.77 SE| 00000490: 43 4F 4E 44 53 20 54 4F 20 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 20 |CONDS TO FORMAT | 000004A0: 41 20 44 49 53 4B 2E 20 20 D7 49 54 48 0D 31 35 |A DISK. .ITH.15| 000004B0: 34 31 20 C6 CF D2 CD C1 D4 20 C6 CC C1 D3 C8 20 |41 ...... ..... | 000004C0: 49 54 20 54 41 4B 45 53 20 31 33 0D 53 45 43 4F |IT TAKES 13.SECO| 000004D0: 4E 44 53 2E 20 20 C2 45 46 4F 52 45 20 54 48 45 |NDS. .EFORE THE| 000004E0: 20 41 44 56 45 4E 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 43 | ADVENT OF THE.C| 000004F0: 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52 20 41 47 45 2C 20 4D 4F 53 |OMPUTER AGE, MOS| 00000500: 54 20 50 45 4F 50 4C 45 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 48 |T PEOPLE WOULD H| 00000510: 41 56 45 0D 53 41 49 44 20 22 C2 49 47 20 44 45 |AVE.SAID ".IG DE| 00000520: 41 4C 21 22 2C 20 42 55 54 20 4E 4F 57 20 54 48 |AL!", BUT NOW TH| 00000530: 41 54 20 54 49 4D 45 0D 49 53 20 4D 4F 4E 45 59 |AT TIME.IS MONEY| 00000540: 20 41 4E 44 20 57 45 27 52 45 20 41 4C 4C 20 54 | AND WE'RE ALL T| 00000550: 59 50 45 20 C1 0D 50 45 52 53 4F 4E 41 4C 49 54 |YPE ..PERSONALIT| 00000560: 49 45 53 2C 20 57 45 20 44 4F 4E 27 54 20 57 41 |IES, WE DON'T WA| 00000570: 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 57 41 49 54 0D 54 48 41 54 20 |NT TO WAIT.THAT | 00000580: 4C 4F 4E 47 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 4F 20 46 4F |LONG... .O FO| 00000590: 52 4D 41 54 20 41 20 42 55 4E 43 48 20 4F 46 20 |RMAT A BUNCH OF | 000005A0: 44 49 53 4B 53 20 41 54 20 41 0D 54 49 4D 45 2C |DISKS AT A.TIME,| 000005B0: 20 43 48 4F 4F 53 45 20 54 48 45 20 22 4D 41 4E | CHOOSE THE "MAN| 000005C0: 59 20 44 49 53 4B 53 22 20 4F 50 54 49 4F 4E 2C |Y DISKS" OPTION,| 000005D0: 0D 41 4E 44 20 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 42 45 20 41 |.AND YOU'LL BE A| 000005E0: 53 4B 45 44 20 54 4F 20 45 4E 54 45 52 20 41 0D |SKED TO ENTER A.| 000005F0: 46 49 4C 45 4E 41 4D 45 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 57 |FILENAME. .OU W| 00000600: 4F 4E 27 54 20 42 45 20 41 53 4B 45 44 20 46 4F |ON'T BE ASKED FO| 00000610: 52 20 41 4E 0D C9 C4 20 53 49 4E 43 45 20 54 48 |R AN... SINCE TH| 00000620: 45 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 57 49 4C 4C 0D 41 |E PROGRAM WILL.A| 00000630: 55 54 4F 4D 41 54 49 43 41 4C 4C 59 20 46 4F 52 |UTOMATICALLY FOR| 00000640: 4D 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 4F 4E |MAT THE FIRST ON| 00000650: 45 0D 57 49 54 48 20 41 4E 20 22 31 31 22 20 C9 |E.WITH AN "11" .| 00000660: C4 20 41 4E 44 20 49 4E 43 52 45 4D 45 4E 54 20 |. AND INCREMENT | 00000670: 54 48 41 54 0D 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 46 4F 52 20 |THAT.NUMBER FOR | 00000680: 41 4C 4C 20 53 55 43 43 45 45 44 49 4E 47 20 44 |ALL SUCCEEDING D| 00000690: 49 53 4B 53 2E 0D 20 20 20 20 C1 53 20 59 4F 55 |ISKS.. .S YOU| 000006A0: 20 4D 41 59 20 4F 52 20 4D 41 59 20 4E 4F 54 20 | MAY OR MAY NOT | 000006B0: 4B 4E 4F 57 2C 20 54 48 45 0D 44 49 53 4B 20 4E |KNOW, THE.DISK N| 000006C0: 41 4D 45 20 49 53 4E 27 54 20 56 45 52 59 20 49 |AME ISN'T VERY I| 000006D0: 4D 50 4F 52 54 41 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 0D |MPORTANT TO THE.| 000006E0: 4F 50 45 52 41 54 49 4E 47 20 53 59 53 54 45 4D |OPERATING SYSTEM| 000006F0: 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 C9 C4 20 49 |. .HE DISK .. I| 00000700: 53 0D 56 45 52 59 20 43 52 49 54 49 43 41 4C 2C |S.VERY CRITICAL,| 00000710: 20 48 4F 57 45 56 45 52 2E 20 20 C9 46 20 59 4F | HOWEVER. .F YO| 00000720: 55 20 53 41 56 45 0D 41 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D |U SAVE.A PROGRAM| 00000730: 20 4F 4E 20 41 20 44 49 53 4B 20 57 49 54 48 20 | ON A DISK WITH | 00000740: 41 4E 20 C9 C4 2C 20 53 41 59 2C 0D 22 31 31 22 |AN .., SAY,."11"| 00000750: 2C 20 54 48 45 4E 20 53 54 49 43 4B 20 49 4E 20 |, THEN STICK IN | 00000760: 41 4E 4F 54 48 45 52 2C 20 44 49 46 46 45 52 45 |ANOTHER, DIFFERE| 00000770: 4E 54 0D 44 49 53 4B 20 57 49 54 48 20 54 48 45 |NT.DISK WITH THE| 00000780: 20 53 41 4D 45 20 C9 C4 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 53 41 | SAME .., AND SA| 00000790: 56 45 20 54 48 45 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 41 |VE THE.PROGRAM A| 000007A0: 47 41 49 4E 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 41 52 45 20 49 4E |GAIN, YOU ARE IN| 000007B0: 20 46 4F 52 0D 54 52 4F 55 42 4C 45 2E 20 20 D4 | FOR.TROUBLE. .| 000007C0: 48 45 20 C4 CF D3 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 50 52 4F 42 |HE ... WILL PROB| 000007D0: 41 42 4C 59 20 53 41 56 45 0D 54 48 45 20 46 49 |ABLY SAVE.THE FI| 000007E0: 4C 45 20 52 49 47 48 54 20 4F 4E 20 54 4F 50 20 |LE RIGHT ON TOP | 000007F0: 4F 46 20 41 4E 4F 54 48 45 52 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 |OF ANOTHER.PROGR| 00000800: 41 4D 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 2E 0D |AM ON THE DISK..| 00000810: 0D 20 20 20 20 C8 45 52 45 27 53 20 57 48 41 54 |. .ERE'S WHAT| 00000820: 20 48 41 50 50 45 4E 53 2E 20 20 C2 45 46 4F 52 | HAPPENS. .EFOR| 00000830: 45 0D 44 4F 49 4E 47 20 41 20 44 49 53 4B 20 C9 |E.DOING A DISK .| 00000840: 2F CF 20 4F 50 45 52 41 54 49 4F 4E 2C 20 54 48 |/. OPERATION, TH| 00000850: 45 20 C4 CF D3 0D 43 48 45 43 4B 53 20 54 48 45 |E ....CHECKS THE| 00000860: 20 C9 C4 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 | .. OF THE DISK | 00000870: 49 4E 20 54 48 45 0D 44 52 49 56 45 20 41 4E 44 |IN THE.DRIVE AND| 00000880: 20 43 4F 4D 50 41 52 45 53 20 49 54 20 54 4F 20 | COMPARES IT TO | 00000890: 54 48 45 20 C9 C4 20 49 54 0D 45 4E 43 4F 55 4E |THE .. IT.ENCOUN| 000008A0: 54 45 52 45 44 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 45 56 49 4F |TERED THE PREVIO| 000008B0: 55 53 20 C9 2F CF 2E 20 20 C9 46 20 49 54 0D 4D |US ./.. .F IT.M| 000008C0: 41 54 43 48 45 53 2C 20 54 48 45 20 C4 CF D3 20 |ATCHES, THE ... | 000008D0: 41 53 53 55 4D 45 53 20 54 48 41 54 20 54 48 45 |ASSUMES THAT THE| 000008E0: 0D 44 49 53 4B 20 49 53 20 54 48 45 20 56 45 52 |.DISK IS THE VER| 000008F0: 59 20 53 41 4D 45 20 4F 4E 45 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 |Y SAME ONE... | 00000900: 20 C9 54 20 41 4C 53 4F 20 41 53 53 55 4D 45 53 | .T ALSO ASSUMES| 00000910: 20 54 48 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 C2 C1 CD 20 28 54 | THAT THE ... (T| 00000920: 48 45 0D 22 4D 41 50 22 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 |HE."MAP" OF THE | 00000930: 44 49 53 4B 20 4C 41 59 4F 55 54 29 20 49 53 20 |DISK LAYOUT) IS | 00000940: 45 58 41 43 54 4C 59 0D 54 48 45 20 53 41 4D 45 |EXACTLY.THE SAME| 00000950: 2E 20 20 D3 49 4E 43 45 20 54 48 45 20 C2 C1 CD |. .INCE THE ...| 00000960: 20 53 48 4F 57 53 20 57 48 49 43 48 0D 53 45 43 | SHOWS WHICH.SEC| 00000970: 54 4F 52 53 20 41 52 45 20 42 45 49 4E 47 20 55 |TORS ARE BEING U| 00000980: 53 45 44 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 2C |SED ON THE DISK,| 00000990: 0D 49 54 20 49 53 20 41 42 53 4F 4C 55 54 45 4C |.IT IS ABSOLUTEL| 000009A0: 59 20 49 4D 50 45 52 41 54 49 56 45 20 54 48 41 |Y IMPERATIVE THA| 000009B0: 54 20 54 48 45 0D C4 CF D3 20 4E 4F 54 20 42 45 |T THE.... NOT BE| 000009C0: 20 46 4F 4F 4C 45 44 20 42 59 20 41 4E 4F 54 48 | FOOLED BY ANOTH| 000009D0: 45 52 2C 0D 44 49 46 46 45 52 45 4E 54 4C 59 20 |ER,.DIFFERENTLY | 000009E0: 4C 41 49 44 20 4F 55 54 20 44 49 53 4B 20 57 49 |LAID OUT DISK WI| 000009F0: 54 48 20 54 48 45 0D 53 41 4D 45 20 C9 C4 2E 0D |TH THE.SAME ....| 00000A00: 0D 20 20 20 20 D3 4F 20 59 4F 55 52 20 44 49 53 |. .O YOUR DIS| 00000A10: 4B 53 20 53 48 4F 55 4C 44 20 48 41 56 45 20 55 |KS SHOULD HAVE U| 00000A20: 4E 49 51 55 45 0D C9 C4 53 2E 20 20 C9 46 20 59 |NIQUE...S. .F Y| 00000A30: 4F 55 27 56 45 20 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 54 45 44 20 |OU'VE FORMATTED | 00000A40: 54 45 4E 20 44 49 53 4B 53 0D 57 49 54 48 20 31 |TEN DISKS.WITH 1| 00000A50: 35 34 31 20 C6 CF D2 CD C1 D4 20 C6 CC C1 D3 C8 |541 ...... .....| 00000A60: 20 57 49 54 48 20 C9 C4 53 20 46 52 4F 4D 0D 31 | WITH ..S FROM.1| 00000A70: 31 20 54 4F 20 32 30 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 4D 41 59 |1 TO 20, YOU MAY| 00000A80: 20 57 41 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 20 | WANT TO CHANGE | 00000A90: 54 48 45 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 53 4F 20 54 |THE.PROGRAM SO T| 00000AA0: 48 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 4E 45 58 54 20 54 49 4D |HAT THE NEXT TIM| 00000AB0: 45 20 59 4F 55 20 44 4F 0D 53 4F 4D 45 20 4D 41 |E YOU DO.SOME MA| 00000AC0: 53 53 20 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 54 49 4E 47 20 49 54 |SS FORMATTING IT| 00000AD0: 20 53 54 41 52 54 53 20 57 49 54 48 0D 22 32 31 | STARTS WITH."21| 00000AE0: 22 20 4F 52 20 22 33 30 22 2E 0D 0D 0D 0D 20 20 |" OR "30"..... | 00000AF0: 20 20 CA 55 53 54 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 20 54 48 | .UST CHANGE TH| 00000B00: 45 20 56 41 52 49 41 42 4C 45 2C 20 C9 C4 2C 20 |E VARIABLE, .., | 00000B10: 49 4E 0D 4C 49 4E 45 20 34 30 2C 20 54 48 45 4E |IN.LINE 40, THEN| 00000B20: 20 53 43 52 41 54 43 48 20 41 4E 44 20 52 45 53 | SCRATCH AND RES| 00000B30: 41 56 45 20 54 48 45 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 2E |AVE THE.PROGRAM.| 00000B40: 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 48 41 54 27 53 20 41 42 4F |.. .HAT'S ABO| 00000B50: 55 54 20 49 54 20 46 4F 52 20 31 35 34 31 20 C6 |UT IT FOR 1541 .| 00000B60: CF D2 CD C1 D4 0D C6 CC C1 D3 C8 2E 20 20 D4 48 |............ .H| 00000B70: 45 52 45 27 53 20 41 20 44 49 52 45 43 54 4F 52 |ERE'S A DIRECTOR| 00000B80: 59 20 4F 50 54 49 4F 4E 20 53 4F 0D 59 4F 55 20 |Y OPTION SO.YOU | 00000B90: 43 41 4E 20 4D 41 4B 45 20 53 55 52 45 20 4F 46 |CAN MAKE SURE OF| 00000BA0: 20 57 48 41 54 27 53 20 4F 4E 20 41 20 44 49 53 | WHAT'S ON A DIS| 00000BB0: 4B 0D 42 45 46 4F 52 45 20 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 54 |K.BEFORE FORMATT| 00000BC0: 49 4E 47 20 49 54 20 2D 2D 20 41 4C 57 41 59 53 |ING IT -- ALWAYS| 00000BD0: 20 41 20 47 4F 4F 44 0D 49 44 45 41 21 0D 0D 20 | A GOOD.IDEA!.. | 00000BE0: 20 20 20 C9 20 54 52 49 45 44 20 54 48 49 53 20 | . TRIED THIS | 00000BF0: 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 57 49 54 48 0D D7 41 52 |PROGRAM WITH..AR| 00000C00: 50 D3 50 45 45 44 20 41 4E 44 20 CA 49 46 46 59 |P.PEED AND .IFFY| 00000C10: C4 CF D3 20 36 2E 30 20 49 4E 53 54 41 4C 4C 45 |... 6.0 INSTALLE| 00000C20: 44 2C 0D 53 45 50 41 52 41 54 45 4C 59 20 41 4E |D,.SEPARATELY AN| 00000C30: 44 20 54 4F 47 45 54 48 45 52 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 |D TOGETHER, AND | 00000C40: 49 54 20 57 4F 52 4B 53 0D 46 49 4E 45 2E 20 20 |IT WORKS.FINE. | 00000C50: CA 55 53 54 20 44 4F 4E 27 54 20 54 52 59 20 54 |.UST DON'T TRY T| 00000C60: 4F 20 55 53 45 20 49 54 20 4F 4E 20 41 0D 31 35 |O USE IT ON A.15| 00000C70: 37 31 2E 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |71.. | 00000C80: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000C90: 20 20 20 20 20 C6 D4 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | ... | 00000CA0: 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 D4 45 58 | **** .ND OF .EX| 00000CB0: 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |T ****. |
..^U:UTILITYWARE. 1541 FORMAT F
LASH.. BY ROGER A. BACHELDER..
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF.ANYTHING
THAT HAD THE WORD, "FLASH".IN ITS NAME,
BUT THIS PROGRAM MAKES.ME EAT MY WORDS
(AGAIN). ACTUALLY,.WHEN ROGER SENT US T
HIS LITTLE GEM,.HE GAVE IT THE MODEST MO
NIKER, "1541.DISK FORMATTER", BUT WE'VE
BEEN.DIRECTED FROM ABOVE TO USE CATCHY,.
YET DESCRIPTIVE, ATTENTION-GETTING,.YET
TASTEFUL NAMES FOR OUR PROGRAMS... SO
THAT'S WHERE THE NAME, "1541.FORMAT FLA
SH", COMES FROM -- ABOVE..PERSONALLY, I
WANTED TO CALL IT."FORMAT FIEND"... N
OW THAT WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF.NOMENCLATURE
, LET'S TALK FORMATTING..ON A 1541 DRIVE
, IT'S SLOW, TEDIOUS,.BORING AND NOT A L
OT OF FUN. ON A.1571 IT'S MUCH FASTER,
BUT SINCE THIS.PROGRAM WON'T WORK WITH A
1571, WHO.CARES?.. NOW THAT YOU HAVE
1541 FORMAT.FIEND, UH, FLASH IN YOUR AR
SENAL, LONG.WAITS FOR FORMATTING ARE A T
HING OF.THE PAST. OF COURSE, IF YOU ARE
ONLY.FORMATTING ONE DISK YOU MAY NOT WA
NT.TO TAKE THE TIME TO BOOT THIS PROGRAM
.UP TO DO IT, EVEN THOUGH THE SAVINGS.IN
TIME MIGHT MAKE IT WORTHWHILE..BUT IF Y
OU'RE FORMATTING SEVERAL.DISKS AT A TIME
..... NORMALLY A 1541 DISK FORMAT TAK
ES.77 SECONDS TO FORMAT A DISK. WITH.15
41 FORMAT FLASH IT TAKES 13.SECONDS. BE
FORE THE ADVENT OF THE.COMPUTER AGE, MOS
T PEOPLE WOULD HAVE.SAID "BIG DEAL!", BU
T NOW THAT TIME.IS MONEY AND WE'RE ALL T
YPE A.PERSONALITIES, WE DON'T WANT TO WA
IT.THAT LONG... TO FORMAT A BUNCH OF
DISKS AT A.TIME, CHOOSE THE "MANY DISKS"
OPTION,.AND YOU'LL BE ASKED TO ENTER A.
FILENAME. YOU WON'T BE ASKED FOR AN.ID
SINCE THE PROGRAM WILL.AUTOMATICALLY FOR
MAT THE FIRST ONE.WITH AN "11" ID AND IN
CREMENT THAT.NUMBER FOR ALL SUCCEEDING D
ISKS.. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, TH
E.DISK NAME ISN'T VERY IMPORTANT TO THE.
OPERATING SYSTEM. THE DISK ID IS.VERY C
RITICAL, HOWEVER. IF YOU SAVE.A PROGRAM
ON A DISK WITH AN ID, SAY,."11", THEN S
TICK IN ANOTHER, DIFFERENT.DISK WITH THE
SAME ID, AND SAVE THE.PROGRAM AGAIN, YO
U ARE IN FOR.TROUBLE. THE DOS WILL PROB
ABLY SAVE.THE FILE RIGHT ON TOP OF ANOTH
ER.PROGRAM ON THE DISK... HERE'S WHAT
HAPPENS. BEFORE.DOING A DISK I/O OPERA
TION, THE DOS.CHECKS THE ID OF THE DISK
IN THE.DRIVE AND COMPARES IT TO THE ID I
T.ENCOUNTERED THE PREVIOUS I/O. IF IT.M
ATCHES, THE DOS ASSUMES THAT THE.DISK IS
THE VERY SAME ONE... IT ALSO ASSUMES
THAT THE BAM (THE."MAP" OF THE DISK LAY
OUT) IS EXACTLY.THE SAME. SINCE THE BAM
SHOWS WHICH.SECTORS ARE BEING USED ON T
HE DISK,.IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THA
T THE.DOS NOT BE FOOLED BY ANOTHER,.DIFF
ERENTLY LAID OUT DISK WITH THE.SAME ID..
. SO YOUR DISKS SHOULD HAVE UNIQUE.ID
S. IF YOU'VE FORMATTED TEN DISKS.WITH 1
541 FORMAT FLASH WITH IDS FROM.11 TO 20,
YOU MAY WANT TO CHANGE THE.PROGRAM SO T
HAT THE NEXT TIME YOU DO.SOME MASS FORMA
TTING IT STARTS WITH."21" OR "30".....
JUST CHANGE THE VARIABLE, ID, IN.LINE
40, THEN SCRATCH AND RESAVE THE.PROGRAM.
.. THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR 1541 FORMAT.FL
ASH. THERE'S A DIRECTORY OPTION SO.YOU
CAN MAKE SURE OF WHAT'S ON A DISK.BEFORE
FORMATTING IT -- ALWAYS A GOOD.IDEA!..
I TRIED THIS PROGRAM WITH.WARPSPEED A
ND JIFFYDOS 6.0 INSTALLED,.SEPARATELY AN
D TOGETHER, AND IT WORKS.FINE. JUST DON
'T TRY TO USE IT ON A.1571..
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