Re: Entry point for low-level format on XT controllers?

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From: u8123096
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 09:37

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David Ruggiero (osiris@halcyon.com) wrote:
: My memory is good but a bit rusty...could someone remind me what the
: entry point into the BIOS on a standard XT disk controller that
: initiates a low-level format? I recall typing something into DEBUG
: like:

:  g:C800:5

You could try: g=c800:5

It should work......

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					u8123096
 			 		Steven Lee
					Dept. of Computer Information Science
					National Chiao-Tung University

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