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5.25" disks: Formatting without that GRINDING...



I know there's programs that format 5.25" disks for ProDOS without "grinding". Hyper-Format comes with FrEdWriter and its format starts with a "reboot click". Also, "Pirate's Friend" (which looks like an old version of Copy ][ Plus?) sets up the drives with a "reboot click" too, rather than a fast *GRIND*.

I wonder how difficult it would be, considering I know very little about the disk ][ and DOS 3.3, to write a DOS 3.3 disk formatter, - doesn't need to make bootable disks - that doesn't *GRIND* the disk drive.

Moll.