Bondwell 12/14 Format Programs


The two programs in this library, BWKPFMT.COM and BWOSFMT.COM, are to allow
formatting of a blank or unused disk to Kaypro II (BWKPFMT) or Osborne I
Double Density (BWOSFMT) formats.  They are for use on Bondwell 12 and 14
computers only, running the standard Bondwell BIOS.  They examine a byte in
BIOS memory at BIOS + 33H, to check for the drive being properly set to the
format being done.  If it is not, the program will give an error
indication, and invite you to change the format of the drive with the
Bondwell supplied SETUP.COM program.

These formats have been tested on the Bondwell 12 and 12A, and on Kaypro
and Osborne computers, and they have been able to be written to and read
from successfully.  If you have any problems, there is a possibility that
the setting for Gap 3 is not completely correct; it is based on the best
information that I had available.  The setting in the program for Gap 3 on
the Kaypro is 39H presently, and for the Osborne it is 6BH.  If you want to
try a different Gap 3, the byte to change is located at 03C5.

As currently set-up, these programs cannot be modified to format any other
than those that they are set to, due to the error checking that is built
into them.


Mack Peirson
Katy, Texas
8 August 1986