pixelmischief Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Been playing around with my XF 3.5" today and I can't remember how to get a 720K format out of DOS 4.53 and Google isn't helping. Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) Well, you are most likely talking about MyDOS 4.53, aren't you ?!? The first thing you have to do is use option "P" to set the density to double by typing the drive number, followed by D, e.g. if it is drive 1 it would be 1,D (or 2,D, 3,D, 4,D etc. for drives 2,3,4, etc.) Next you have to use option "O" configure: - drive number or return: type in the drive number (with Return you configure the DOS for number of buffers, write with verify, etc.) - remove drive: N(o) - is drive configurable: Y(es) - high-capacity drive: N(o) (afaik, a Yes here assumes a harddisk...) - is drive double-sided: Y(es) - tracks per side: 80 - step rate: 0 (zero, not sure here, but afair, zero worked for me and my 3,5" drive) When this nice configuration with very few questions has been completed, use option "I" to format your disk with 720kbytes MyDOS format, by typing "Y". Once your drive is configured for 720k, you can format 1, 10, 100 or 1000 diskettes by just pressing I (format) and then Y. But as soon as you want to change the format (or coldstart the computer, reboot MyDOS) you have to do the whole MyDOS configuration marathon again... Edited June 22, 2018 by CharlieChaplin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I can never remember this stuff either, so I put a label on my Percom setup. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/268677-percom-at88-s1pd-35drive-install-sd-x-read-fat12/page-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Nice! Thanks Atari family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Hello Andreas, guys If you use "H" (write DOS to disk), the configuration is saved. So you have to "do the whole MyDOS configuration marathon again..." Sincerely Mathy PS to all: Try using MyDOS 4.55 beta 5. It's a big improvement over 4.53. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 What’s better in 4.55 beta 5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Hello tjlazer A lot of bugs have been killed. XIO commando's didn't really work, that's fixed. And you no longer need the /3 and /4 versions, you can choose whether you want MyDOS to use 3 or 4 digits as a minimum for the sector count. MEM.SAV now works as intended. That's what I remember. It's been a while. A yes, and you can go back one subdirectory by entering :: (as in going back from Dx:SUBDIR1:SUBDIR2 to Dx:SUBDIR1) Sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I am not sure but most XF conversions were step 3 but I could remember wrongly... I am staring at mine atm and tbh I only use it for back ups not boots.. when I first got it I made boot disks but no one else had one so.....I used it to back up stuff and run the cash register software... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Hi Doc IIRC all XFs use step 3. It's in one of the manuals. Which can be found on my MyDOS page. Sincerely Mathy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1050 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 There is no beta 5 only beta 4. Only thing I can add to Mathy's list of fixes is the ED bug has been corrected where you are trying to make a copy (J. Duplicate Disk) of an ED disk with all other MyDOS and it never works out - now it does. The copied ED disk does not have to be of the MyDOS type 3 ED disk either, it will gladly render an exact copy of a type 2 DOS 2.5 ED disk. A basic problem with 4.53 is the display area will report bogus information as to double sidedness etc. The source code for it doesn't compile into the ATR distributed either which makes the source code worthless. Somehow when David released it, it had the oddity of repeated sections within DOS.SYS and no clear idea here how that came about except he stepped on it by some process unknown. Then saved a non working source file to then disappear from the face of the earth it seems. I can't in good faith recommend it although I will stand up for David and declare that some of his ideas are so well thought out and brilliant, I've copied them all into beta 4 4.55 MyDOS. 4.53 certainly has it's fans, as long as it works for you that's great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 4.55 beta 4? wow i thought it was beta 5 at one time as well.... I will have to give it a whirl, I only used MyDOS from way back when ... the in betweens always had one issue or another... so I ran back to the old or sparta or os a or xl or you get the picture... 4.55 4 will be put on the good ole MyIDE 1f Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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