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Help/EForm
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00.ADF |
| Filename: | Help/EForm |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 050F bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
Duplicates
There are 5 duplicate copies of this file in the archive:
- AEW website » acornsoft » acornsoft_3_5_discs_Electron_Welcome_Disc_HA-WELC.adf » Help/EForm
- AEW website » acp_pres » acp_pres_3_5_discs_Electron-Adfs-E00_A-E00.adf » Help/EForm
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00.ADF » Help/EForm
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00_backup.ADF » Help/EForm
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_E00.adf » Help/EForm
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » dfs_box04_disk01b_adfs_welcome_disk_interleaved.adf » Help/EForm
File contents
** EFORM ** Before a disc can be used, it must be "formatted", a process which involves dividing up the disc into concentric circular "tracks", each track consisting of a number of "sectors". Each sector contains 256 bytes, and each track about 4,000 bytes. On typing *EFORM, you will be asked to enter the number of the drive containing the disc you wish to format, and the size of the disc. The drive can be 0 ( also referred to as 4, A or E ), or 1 ( 5, B or F ). The disc size is (L)arge : (80-track, double-sided) (M)edium : (80-track, single-sided) (S)mall : (40-track, single-sided) You may also enter any, or all, of this information in the command line, e.g. *EFORM 0 S *EFORM F *EFORM L The program will prompt you for any information you have not entered, after which you will be asked to insert the disc to be formatted and type GO to start. Ensure that the disc to be formatted is in the correct drive. DO NOT LEAVE AN ALREADY-FORMATTED DISC IN THE DRIVE AS IT WILL BE OVERWRITTEN AND ALL INFORMATION ON IT WILL BE LOST. The disc will be formatted and then "verified" to check that the formatting has been carried out successfully. Further discs may then be formatted.
00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2a 2a 20 45 | ** E| 00000010 46 4f 52 4d 20 2a 2a 0d 0d 20 20 42 65 66 6f 72 |FORM **.. Befor| 00000020 65 20 61 20 64 69 73 63 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 |e a disc can be | 00000030 75 73 65 64 2c 20 69 74 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 |used, it must be| 00000040 0d 22 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 74 65 64 22 2c 20 61 20 |."formatted", a | 00000050 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 20 | process which | 00000060 69 6e 76 6f 6c 76 65 73 0d 64 69 76 69 64 69 6e |involves.dividin| 00000070 67 20 75 70 20 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 20 |g up the disc | 00000080 69 6e 74 6f 20 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 6e 74 72 69 63 |into concentric| 00000090 0d 63 69 72 63 75 6c 61 72 20 20 20 20 20 22 74 |.circular "t| 000000a0 72 61 63 6b 73 22 2c 20 20 20 20 65 61 63 68 20 |racks", each | 000000b0 20 20 20 74 72 61 63 6b 0d 63 6f 6e 73 69 73 74 | track.consist| 000000c0 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 20 61 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 |ing of a number | 000000d0 6f 66 20 22 73 65 63 74 6f 72 73 22 2e 0d 20 20 |of "sectors".. | 000000e0 45 61 63 68 20 20 73 65 63 74 6f 72 20 20 63 6f |Each sector co| 000000f0 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 20 32 35 36 20 62 79 74 65 73 |ntains 256 bytes| 00000100 2c 20 61 6e 64 0d 65 61 63 68 20 74 72 61 63 6b |, and.each track| 00000110 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 34 2c 30 30 30 20 62 79 74 | about 4,000 byt| 00000120 65 73 2e 0d 0d 20 20 4f 6e 20 74 79 70 69 6e 67 |es... On typing| 00000130 20 2a 45 46 4f 52 4d 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 20 77 69 | *EFORM, you wi| 00000140 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 20 61 73 6b 65 64 0d 74 6f 20 |ll be asked.to | 00000150 20 65 6e 74 65 72 20 20 20 74 68 65 20 20 6e 75 | enter the nu| 00000160 6d 62 65 72 20 20 6f 66 20 20 74 68 65 20 20 64 |mber of the d| 00000170 72 69 76 65 0d 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 |rive.containing | 00000180 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 73 |the disc you wis| 00000190 68 20 74 6f 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 2c 0d 61 6e 64 |h to format,.and| 000001a0 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 7a 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | the size of the| 000001b0 20 64 69 73 63 2e 0d 20 20 54 68 65 20 64 72 69 | disc.. The dri| 000001c0 76 65 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 30 20 28 20 61 6c |ve can be 0 ( al| 000001d0 73 6f 20 72 65 66 65 72 72 65 64 20 74 6f 0d 61 |so referred to.a| 000001e0 73 20 34 2c 20 41 20 6f 72 20 45 20 29 2c 20 6f |s 4, A or E ), o| 000001f0 72 20 31 20 28 20 35 2c 20 42 20 6f 72 20 46 20 |r 1 ( 5, B or F | 00000200 29 2e 0d 0d 20 20 54 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 73 |)... The disc s| 00000210 69 7a 65 20 69 73 0d 20 20 20 28 4c 29 61 72 67 |ize is. (L)arg| 00000220 65 20 20 3a 20 28 38 30 2d 74 72 61 63 6b 2c 20 |e : (80-track, | 00000230 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 2d 73 69 64 65 64 29 0d 20 20 |double-sided). | 00000240 20 28 4d 29 65 64 69 75 6d 20 3a 20 28 38 30 2d | (M)edium : (80-| 00000250 74 72 61 63 6b 2c 20 73 69 6e 67 6c 65 2d 73 69 |track, single-si| 00000260 64 65 64 29 0d 20 20 20 28 53 29 6d 61 6c 6c 20 |ded). (S)mall | 00000270 20 3a 20 28 34 30 2d 74 72 61 63 6b 2c 20 73 69 | : (40-track, si| 00000280 6e 67 6c 65 2d 73 69 64 65 64 29 0d 0d 20 20 59 |ngle-sided).. Y| 00000290 6f 75 20 20 6d 61 79 20 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 65 6e |ou may also en| 000002a0 74 65 72 20 20 61 6e 79 2c 20 6f 72 20 61 6c 6c |ter any, or all| 000002b0 2c 20 6f 66 0d 74 68 69 73 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d |, of.this inform| 000002c0 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d |ation in the com| 000002d0 6d 61 6e 64 20 6c 69 6e 65 2c 0d 65 2e 67 2e 0d |mand line,.e.g..| 000002e0 0d 20 20 2a 45 46 4f 52 4d 20 30 20 53 0d 20 20 |. *EFORM 0 S. | 000002f0 2a 45 46 4f 52 4d 20 46 0d 20 20 2a 45 46 4f 52 |*EFORM F. *EFOR| 00000300 4d 20 4c 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |M L..The program| 00000310 20 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 20 70 72 6f 6d 70 74 20 20 | will prompt | 00000320 79 6f 75 20 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 0d 69 6e 66 |you for any.inf| 00000330 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 |ormation you hav| 00000340 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 65 6e 74 65 72 65 64 2c 20 61 |e not entered, a| 00000350 66 74 65 72 0d 77 68 69 63 68 20 20 79 6f 75 20 |fter.which you | 00000360 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 61 73 6b 65 64 20 20 74 |will be asked t| 00000370 6f 20 69 6e 73 65 72 74 20 74 68 65 0d 64 69 73 |o insert the.dis| 00000380 63 20 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 |c to be format| 00000390 74 65 64 20 20 61 6e 64 20 74 79 70 65 20 20 47 |ted and type G| 000003a0 4f 20 74 6f 0d 73 74 61 72 74 2e 0d 20 20 45 6e |O to.start.. En| 000003b0 73 75 72 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 20 64 |sure that the d| 000003c0 69 73 63 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 |isc to be format| 000003d0 74 65 64 0d 69 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f |ted.is in the co| 000003e0 72 72 65 63 74 20 64 72 69 76 65 2e 0d 0d 20 20 |rrect drive... | 000003f0 44 4f 20 20 4e 4f 54 20 20 4c 45 41 56 45 20 20 |DO NOT LEAVE | 00000400 41 4e 20 20 41 4c 52 45 41 44 59 2d 46 4f 52 4d |AN ALREADY-FORM| 00000410 41 54 54 45 44 0d 44 49 53 43 20 20 49 4e 20 20 |ATTED.DISC IN | 00000420 54 48 45 20 20 44 52 49 56 45 20 20 41 53 20 20 |THE DRIVE AS | 00000430 20 49 54 20 20 57 49 4c 4c 20 20 42 45 0d 4f 56 | IT WILL BE.OV| 00000440 45 52 57 52 49 54 54 45 4e 20 20 41 4e 44 20 41 |ERWRITTEN AND A| 00000450 4c 4c 20 20 49 4e 46 4f 52 4d 41 54 49 4f 4e 20 |LL INFORMATION | 00000460 4f 4e 20 49 54 0d 57 49 4c 4c 20 42 45 20 4c 4f |ON IT.WILL BE LO| 00000470 53 54 2e 0d 0d 20 20 54 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 |ST... The disc | 00000480 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 74 |will be formatt| 00000490 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 20 74 68 65 6e 0d 22 76 65 |ed and then."ve| 000004a0 72 69 66 69 65 64 22 20 74 6f 20 63 68 65 63 6b |rified" to check| 000004b0 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 | that the format| 000004c0 74 69 6e 67 0d 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 63 61 |ting.has been ca| 000004d0 72 72 69 65 64 20 6f 75 74 20 73 75 63 63 65 73 |rried out succes| 000004e0 73 66 75 6c 6c 79 2e 0d 20 20 46 75 72 74 68 65 |sfully.. Furthe| 000004f0 72 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 6d 61 79 20 74 68 65 6e |r discs may then| 00000500 20 62 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 74 65 64 2e 0d | be formatted..| 0000050f
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