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Format Format Most users will not require this option. It allows you to
use ULTRAFORM, originally a AA type-in by Rob Scott. It enables
you to format 3" disks to 203k. PARADOS will automatically detect
this enhanced 3" format giving 50k extra space on 3" disks.
In addition, the Configure Format option also allows you to
enable or disable the ELECTRO formats (see above), and use IBM
formats.
In Configure, use the up and down cursor keys to move onto the
drive details you want to change, and press RETURN to toggle
between the options.
Format
Format a disk. PARADOS asks which drive, and then displays a list of the
available formats for this drive, depending on the settings in Configure. You
are also offered the option of verifying the disk while it formats.
If the drive you select to Format is set to 80 track, double sided, then the
full twenty two formats will be available. When this menu is displayed, it
even scrolls up and down! The menu shrinks for 40 track, double sided or 80
track single sided settings in Configure Drive, and shrinks even further when
dealing with 40 track, single sided disks e.g. 3" disks.
Once formatted, PARADOS will ask if you wish to format another disk. If you
select yes, PARADOS will format to the same drive and format as before.
Log
Log a disk in either drive. Once logged, the Information section will be
updated to display the details about the disk.
Sort
The main display of PARADOS, the disk directory, can be displayed in either
alphabetical order, or in the order which the files were created on the disk.
This option toggles between the two.
Un-log
Un-log the currently selected disk as if PARADOS had just been entered.
This resets the main part of the screen and the Information section.
Verify
Checks each sector on a disk. The user is alerted to any errors which means
that the disk is corrupt. Be sure that the Configure menu is set up correctly
for the format of the disk, otherwise Verify may show the disk is faulty
when it thinks it's dealing with a different format than the disk actually is.
If the 'read fail' box appears, press C to cancel that track.