Re: Init from AS

[david@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson)]

dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:
>chk@aix01.rz.fht-mannheim.de (Karpp Christian) writes:
>> does anyone know if a simple basic program can be written under prodos to
>> format a disk (5.25" & 3.5")?

>Not a 5.25" disk.  ProDOS doesn't contain any code to format a 5.25"

Unless the 5.25" drive is connected to a UDC card. In this case the formating
is done the same way as on a 3.5" drive - just call the ProDOS entry point
with command=3 (FORMAT).