I was able to encrypt a text file and then decrypt it again. I copied the program CIPHER.COM to my hard disk C: and started it. But the program CAT.COM works only in connection with the 8 inch drive.Īnother test. Notice anything? I have executed the CAT.COM file and it is actually executable! In other words: I was able to run a file for the NEC APC (MS-DOS 2.11) on my IBM compatible AT under Ms-DOS 3.20. The following command copies the contents of one floppy disk to another. You can have Setup format this drive for you, or you can exit Setup and format. MS-DOS recognizes the following four file attributes: Archive files are files. While copying I noticed the floppy disk parameters: 1,024 bytes/sector, 8 sectors and 77 tracks! Then I selected the NEC APC 8" format with UniForm and. MS-DOS 6.22 cannot use unformatted drives. On my test PC I copied the image with Dave Dunfields ImageDisk to an 8 inch floppy disk. For example, with the floppy disk in the floppy disk drive, type format a: at a command prompt, and then press. A few gimmicksĪt I downloaded the image of MS-DOS 2.11 for the NEC APC. Format a floppy disk by using the Windows XP format utility. Also the media decriptor is correctly specified with FEh! The "system id" indicates that this disk was initialized (formatted) with UniForm-PC. Norton DI-Disk Information now correctly specifies the disk parameters.
To my knowledge, UniForm-PC is the only way to operate an 8 inch drive with the original MS-DOS format of 77 tracks, 1024 bytes per sector and 8 sectors per track. UniForm-PC Drive F set to: MS-DOS Standard Ĩ inch floppy with 77 tracks, 1024 bytes per sector and 8 sectors per track. The following CompatiCard drives are avaliable:
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