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            ** 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.
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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|
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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|
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00000220  65 20 20 3a 20 28 38 30  2d 74 72 61 63 6b 2c 20  |e  : (80-track, |
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00000360  77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20  61 73 6b 65 64 20 20 74  |will be asked  t|
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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|
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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  |
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00000470  53 54 2e 0d 0d 20 20 54  68 65 20 64 69 73 63 20  |ST...  The disc |
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000004c0  74 69 6e 67 0d 68 61 73  20 62 65 65 6e 20 63 61  |ting.has been ca|
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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..|
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