ScuzzBlog: Diaries May 2017
Entry 31st May 2017: Post: 4
Kitchen Corner
Hi
It gets better. I really really wanted to have success with the old BBC
Master cus of the literal travel history of the computer. I have so
neglected this machine and I just wanted to breath life back into the
computer. Up until today I was unable to verify that the double drive
unit was working. Well I can now confirm with qualified success that
both drives are working.
The Drives are numbered 2 80TRK, 0 40TRK, 3 80TRK and 1 40TRK. That is 2
and 0 one side and 3 and 1 on the other. So I simply Type Form 40 and it
formats Drive 0 at 40 TRK [ 5.25" DS/DD ]. I then formatted FORM 80 and
this formatted Drive 3 at 80TRK. So both drives work without fault. And
so I was off copying *COPY 0 3 'file' and that copied from Drive 0 to
Drive 3 the file that I saved in BASIC. I could then CAT 3 and see if
the file was copied. And all worked without fault. Incredible really.
Been using INFO , ENABLE, BACKUP, CAT, COPY and FORM 40 and FORM 80. I'm
a BBC wizard.
Examples
*FORM 40
Format which drive ? 0
G0 (Y/N) ? Y
Formatting drive 0 track
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