FORMAT

Most  CP/M  systems  come with a program of this  name,  used  to
format floppy disks.  Kaypro does not provide such a program, but
instead they provide the same function within one of their  menu-
driven disk utility called DCOPY, COPY, DUTIL, or some such.

My feeling is that when you are formatting a group of disks,  the
last  thing you want to do is to wade through multiple levels  of
menu selections.  You just want to format the cotton-pickin' disk
with a minimum number of keystrokes. FORMAT does that.

***  WARNING  ***  Like any program of	this  nature,  FORMAT  is
SPECIFIC to the later model Kaypros, Model 4-84 or equivalent. It
formats only in the Kaypro DSDD format,  and it accesses the disk
controller  directly,  so trying to use it on other machines will
result in disaster. This includes older, '83 model Kaypros, which
have different hardware port addresses, among other differences.

Usage is

     FORMAT

or   FORMAT A:

or   FORMAT B:

From  there,  the program is self-explanatory.	If no argument is
typed, as in the first usage above, drive B: will be formatted as
a default.

FORMAT	has  no  bells or whistles,  but it  really  needs  none,
either. It does what it does, about as rapidly as possible.

Jack W. Crenshaw
P.O. Box 15888
Tampa, Fla. 33684
CIS 72325,1327