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Re: Request of Floppy Info (FAQ???)

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From: jrkdmd
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1991 01:14
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> RX-33 on VMS, but I have no idea how to do the low-level formatting necessary
> from MS-DOS.  Sadly, I "lost" my technical documentation (on purpose) during
> my next-to-last move.  It had a complete description of the RX-50 low-level
> format...


Very Simple on a Rainbow using DOS

C:> FORMAT /I A:

the /i means initialize and will low level your RX50 diskette

-jrk
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Subject: Re: Request of Floppy Info (FAQ???)
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Date: 6 Apr 91 01:14:51 GMT
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