i0046145@water.fit.qut.edu.au (Lukacz Alex) (04/27/91)
I want to format disks to IBM format on my 1541 drive. Is this possible? Please Email or post any replies. Thank you.
cinf07@vlsi.polymtl.ca (Miguel Pedro et Louis Sabbat) (04/30/91)
In article <9104270029.AA00847@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> i0046145@water.fit.qut.edu.au (Lukacz Alex) writes: >I want to format disks to IBM format on my 1541 drive. Is this possible? No. Unfortunately, the 1541 only recognizes the GCR format. IBM disks use the MFM format. So there's no way you can format disks with your 1541. The 1571 can use BOTH GCR and MFM formats because it has a MFM controller built-in at adress $2000. Whenever you use a program like Big Blue Reader or CP/M, the 1571 uses the controller to read and write to a disk in MFM format. -- Miguel Pedro (Send any E-mail to cinf07@info.polymtl.ca)