Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA> (12/31/84)
The latest version of FINDBAD, the program which does a non-destructive read of a disk and then creates a dummy file to allocate bad sectors so CP/M won't use them, is now available from SIMTEL20: Filename Type Bytes CRC Directory MICRO:<CPM.DSKUTL> FBAD58.AQM.1 COM 25216 F3D9H FBAD58.COM.1 COM 2176 D033H Here's the update author's comments on what's new in this version: ...Added the ability to keep bad blocks that were flagged in a previous [UNUSED].BAD file. If a block was ever flagged as bad by this program, it is probably weak. If on a subsequent test, it makes it through the BIOS retries and is read successfully, I want the block to stay in the UNUSED.BAD file. Removed the code in LTOP which cleared the high byte of HL after a call to SECTRN. My BIOS (Morrow DJDMA) sets the high bit of HL to indicate SIDE 1 of a double sided drive. --Keith