HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET ("C.H. Hochstaetter") (11/16/90)
To get FDFORMAT work on your XT, no FDREAD is neccessary. FDREAD is only required on AT class machines. Standard XT Controllers allow to read Disks with more than the standard sectors without a TSR. Thus I used 286 instructions to make FDREAD less memory consuming. Simply don't load FDREAD when you use FDFORMAT, when you are using an XT-Computer regards Christoph HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET HAMPE2%DMRHRZ11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS) (11/16/90)
In article <901115164154.HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET> HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET ("C.H. Hochstaetter") writes: >To get FDFORMAT work on your XT, no FDREAD is neccessary. FDREAD is >only required on AT class machines. Standard XT Controllers allow >to read Disks with more than the standard sectors without a TSR. > >Thus I used 286 instructions to make FDREAD less memory consuming. >Simply don't load FDREAD when you use FDFORMAT, when you are using >an XT-Computer > >regards > >Christoph >HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET >HAMPE2%DMRHRZ11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On a PS/2 model 30, with 720k 3 1/2 " disk drive, you need FDREAD to format/read 820k diskettes. So I still use FDREAD from FDFORMAT 1.5. By the way, FDFORMAT is a great program! Michael Schaap msschaa@cs.vu.nl