1dskform(1)                         Emulators                        dskform(1)
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NAME

6       dskform - floppy or image file formatter for emulated machines
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SYNOPSIS

9       dskform [-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE] [-comp COMP] [-retry
10       COUNT] DISKIMAGE

DESCRIPTION

12       Dskform is a formatter which formats floppy discs or  disc  images  for
13       use with emulated machines such as the ZX Spectrum +3, Amstrad CPC, and
14       various Acorn machines. It does not create a filesystem on the disc  or
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OPTIONS

18       -format FORMAT
19              Specifies a disc format to use. See the section DISK FORMATS for
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23       -type TYPE
24              Determines which driver is to be used  to  format  the  disc  or
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27              auto    Select  according  to  the  disc image file. This is the
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30              dsk     Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.
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32              edsk    Use the extended version of the DSK format.
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34              floppy  Use the floppy driver.
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36              myz80   Use the hard disk (MYZ80 format)  image  driver.   (This
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39              cfi     Use  the  CFI  (DOS  fdcopy format) image driver.  (This
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43                      Use the ApriDisk image driver (used for archiving  Apri‐
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49              Compress  the  disc image that is being generated (has no effect
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52              sq      Huffman compressed (SQ / USQ).
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58              Set the number of times to attempt a format operation in case of
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63              Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc is to be formatted.
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DISK FORMATS

67       pcw180              PCW or IBM; 180K. This is the default format.
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82                           IBM 720K, 1200K or 1440K (144FEAT)
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AUTHOR

102       John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.
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108Version 1.2.1                   23 January 2008                     dskform(1)