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System Commands Reference Manual, Rev. 09

Alpha Micro SCSI Floppy Media Format Utility

FMSFLP Version 1.0(100)

Selected SCSI ID: 05 Vendor: TEAC Model: FC-1 HF 11 Rev. RV J

Functions

Select Drive Reassign Blocks Rewrite Hidden Sector Format

Drive Info List Defects Initialize Drive Mode Sense

Logical Format Parameters

Media Format.......AM-SCSI HD

Directory Type....Traditional Usable Capacity 1.40 MB

Optimize for Capacity.....Yes Logical Drive Size 1.40 MB

Number of Logicals..........1 Drive Utilization 100.00%

Bitmap Size...............179

Select logical drive parameters and press Return to continue

or press ESCape to abort

AMOS format is for compatibility with older floppy disk systems

To navigate the menus use , , , and . To invoke a highlighted function press

RETURN

. To abort

menu functions and return to the AMOS prompt press

ESC

CTRL

. To return to menu functions from

submenus press

ESC

You can do any of the following:

SELECT DRIVE

Selects drive to use in the operations listed below.

REASSIGN BLOCKS

The AM-212-20 does not support this function.

REWRITE HIDDEN SECTOR

Re-initializes the media’s hidden sector. If the hidden sector becomes corrupted, you may use this

command to restore it without destroying any user data (assuming the hidden sector is initialized as it

was before it became corrupted).

Whenever the hidden sector is written, the diagnostic cylinder is also re-initialized. This

is necessary since the diagnostic cylinder always begins right after the last logical drive

defined on the media.

This is ignored for AMOS compatible diskettes, which do not have a hidden sector.

FORMAT

Formats and initializes the media in the selected drive. You can select the media format, directory type,

and either set the bitmap size and number of logicals or have FMSFLP optimize the logical

configuration. Here are the settings for some common configurations: