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dskform(1)                         Emulators                        dskform(1)


NAME

       dskform - floppy or image file formatter for emulated machines


SYNOPSIS

       dskform [-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE] [-comp COMP] [-retry
       COUNT] DISKIMAGE


DESCRIPTION

       Dskform is a formatter which formats floppy discs or disc images for
       use with emulated machines such as the ZX Spectrum +3, Amstrad CPC, and
       various Acorn machines. It does not create a filesystem on the disc or
       image.


OPTIONS

       -format FORMAT
              Specifies a disc format to use. See the section DISK FORMATS for
              more information.

       -type TYPE
              Determines which driver is to be used to format the disc or
              image.

              auto    Select according to the disc image file. This is the
                      default.

              dsk     Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.

              edsk    Use the extended version of the DSK format.

              floppy  Use the floppy driver.

              myz80   Use the hard disk (MYZ80 format) image driver.  (This
                      format cannot be autodetected.)

              cfi     Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy format) image driver.  (This
                      format cannot be autodetected.)

              apridisk
                      Use the ApriDisk image driver (used for archiving
                      Apricot floppies).  (This format cannot be
                      autodetected.)

              raw     Use the raw driver.

       -comp COMP
              Compress the disc image that is being generated (has no effect
              when formatting a real floppy disc).

              sq      Huffman compressed (SQ / USQ).

              gz      Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).

       -retry COUNT
              Set the number of times to attempt a format operation in case of
              error.

       -side SIDE
              Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc is to be formatted.


DISK FORMATS

       pcw180              PCW or IBM; 180K. This is the default format.

       cpcsys              CPC or +3 System

       cpcdata             CPC or +3 Data

       pcw720              PCW or IBM 720K

       pcw1440             PCW16 or IBM 1440K

       ibm160 ibm320       IBM 160K or 320K (CP/M-86 or DOSPlus)

       ibm360              IBM 360K (DOSPlus)

       ibm720 ibm1200 ibm1440
                           IBM 720K, 1200K or 1440K (144FEAT)

       acorn160 acorn320   Acorn ADFS 'S' or 'M'

       acorn640            Acorn ADFS 'L'

       acorn800            Acorn ADFS 'D' and 'E'/'E+'

       acorn1600           Acorn ADFS 'F'/'F+'

       pcw800              PCW 800K (XCF2DD)

       pcw200              PCW 200K (XCF2)

       bbc100              BBC Micro DFS (single sided, 40 tracks)

       bbc200              BBC Micro DFS (single sided, 80 tracks)


AUTHOR

       John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.

       Darren Salt wrote the man pages.

Version 1.2.1                   23 January 2008                     dskform(1)

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