JSHIN@HAMPVMS.BITNET ("C'est ma vie.") (06/15/89)
I was wondering if CP/M-80 had the write verify facility, and if it did,
if it can be turned on and off through BIOS or BDOS calls.
MS-DOS certainly does (apologies to the "CP/M on steroids" person), but
the default is "off."
It seems that the version of DISKCOPY I have has something like verify,
since it just picked out a bad track for me during formatting, but I
wanted to know if BDOS does it for ALL writing accesses. If it does,
also, what happens to the bad track? Ignored or marked?
Thank you
John Shin
---- I need some kind of an I.D. file here ----
---- But, it shouldn't be too long, 'cause the fellow 300-BAUD'ers
won't have the time to read it (I certainly don't) ----
---- Or, I can get a 2400-BAUD'er
and sqush in a real big one ----