tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (11/13/90)
I guess what I really want is a program to format a floppy that will do it in the background so I can be working on other things while formatting floppies. Make a boring task less boring!! Any suggestions? 386sx box with 5M RAM and Win3.0 is the setup. tj
twb@cbnewsh.att.com (thomas.w.beattie) (11/15/90)
In article <1990Nov12.212722.2262@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) writes: > I guess what I really want is a program to format a floppy that will > do it in the background so I can be working on other things while > formatting floppies. Make a boring task less boring!! > > Any suggestions? 386sx box with 5M RAM and Win3.0 is the setup. > tj I believe you can create a .BAT file to do the format and then run it from a .PIF that allows background execution. --- Tom Beattie att!hoqaa!twb t.w.beattie@att.com
bg11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brian E. Gallew) (11/20/90)
The simplest method is to run format in a DOS window with the Background
box checked. It is slower than molasses in January, but it is
functional. It works best if you have your format patched to beep when
finished. (That way you notice it has quit.)
-Brian
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