How do I format a 1581 disk?
purita...@yahoo.com
What's the Basic 7.0 command to format a disk, and do I need to do
anything special with a 1581?
thewises
> What's the Basic 7.0 command to format a disk, and do I need to do
> anything special with a 1581?
To format a disk, use this command:
OPEN 15,8,15:PRINT# 15,"N:name,id":CLOSE 15
This performs a complete format of the disk. If you omit the ID, it
performs a "quick format". That is, it only clears the directory.
Leif Bloomquist
"thewises" <thew...@enter.net> wrote in message
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> To format a disk, use this command:
> OPEN 15,8,15:PRINT# 15,"N:name,id":CLOSE 15
He's using BASIC 7.0, so he can simply do:
HEADER "DISK NAME", I## where ## is any two-character identifier. Works on
a 1581 just fine.
Paul Rosenzweig
> I have no manuals! What's the Basic 7.0 command to format
> a disk, and do I need to do anything special with a 1581?
Except for BURST data transmission commands, the 1581
instruction set is remarkably similar to that of the 1541.
Except for the SCRATCH, DLOAD, DVERIFY, DSAVE, and
DIRECTORY commands, I don't use BASIC 7 disk / file commands.
Here is the BASIC 2 command line for formatting a disk:
OPEN 15,D,15,"N0:diskname,id":INPUT#15,a$,b$,c$,d$:CLOSE15:?a$,b$,c$,d$
Without any special POKE commands, you can't do
an INPUT#15 command in immediate mode on a C64.
If a DOS wedge is active, do this:
@N0:diskname,id
In the C128 machine language monitor, do this:
@D,N0:diskname,id
I like the C128 monitor
rebocardo
I=disk id two alpha numeric characters
D0 = Drive Zero
U8 = unit 8
If your drive is #9, then it would be U9.
Sam Gillett
<purita...@yahoo.com> wrote ...
>I realize this is a pretty stupid question, but I have no manuals!
> What's the Basic 7.0 command to format a disk, and do I need to do
> anything special with a 1581?
You can find lots of docs for Commodore hardware on Project 64. Here is a
link to the home page there.
http://project64.c64.org/index.htm
The link below is to the page for C128 docs. Item # 2 is the C128 System
Guide (eText version). It includes a pretty detailed description of all of
the Basic 7.0 commands.
http://project64.c64.org/hw/c128.html
If the direct link to the C128 System Guide below does not work for some
strange reason, you can still get there from the link above by selecting item
# 2. ;-)
http://project64.c64.org/hw/c128%20System%20Guide.txt
The next link is to the periperials page. The 1581 Users Guide (zipped
eText) is item # 12.
http://project64.c64.org/hw/peri.html
Hope this info will help you enjoy your C128 and 1581. :-)
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Best regards,
Sam Gillett
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except from vending machines!
Glenn P.,
If I remember correctly, HEADERD0,U8,"NAME,ID"
...where "0" is the drive (partition) number (only 0 or 1 is valid in
BASIC 7.0) and "8" is device number. "0" and "8" are the defaults.
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Glenn P., wrote:
>
> If I remember correctly, HEADERD0,U8,"NAME,ID"
>
> ...where "0" is the drive (partition) number (only 0 or 1 is valid in
> BASIC 7.0) and "8" is device number. "0" and "8" are the defaults.
Close:
HEADER "NAME",Ixx,Uy,Dz
Ixx - xx is the disk ID
Uy - y is the drive device number (8, 9, 10, 11...). If you're using
device 8 you can leave this off. I have my 1581 set to U11.
Dz - z is the drive number. On single floppy drives, this is always 0
and can be left off. On a dual floppy drive like the MSD2 the second
drive is 1 so you'd use D1.
HEADER "BLANKY",IBY,U11
is the same as
OPEN1,11,15,"N0:BLANKY,BY":CLOSE1
Jim