https://www.ndwiki.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3ADEVICE-FUNCTION 2026-05-15T07:32:34Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.8 https://www.ndwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:DEVICE-FUNCTION&diff=2178&oldid=prev 2012-09-20T21:28:19Z

<p><span class="autocomment">set-floppy-format: </span> updated with partial answer</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:28, 20 September 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In {{ND-doc|30.041.1}} (from April 1986) Section 4 &quot;Taking Personal Backup&quot;, subsection &quot;How to format your diskettes&quot; (page 21) the set-floppy-format function is described like this:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In {{ND-doc|30.041.1}} (from April 1986) Section 4 &quot;Taking Personal Backup&quot;, subsection &quot;How to format your diskettes&quot; (page 21) the set-floppy-format function is described like this:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>  @DEVICE-FUNCTION FLOPPY, SET-FORMAT, 17</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>  @DEVICE-FUNCTION FLOPPY, SET-FORMAT, 17</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This seems to be different than  the description in the {{ND-doc|60.050.06}} (set-floppy-format would be shortened as set--format, wouldn't it?. And also it refers to format 0, 1 and 2, not 17). Which is correct?</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This seems to be different than  the description in the {{ND-doc|60.050.06}} (set-floppy-format would be shortened as set--format, wouldn't it?. And also it refers to format 0, 1 and 2, not 17). Which is correct? <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">--[[User:Tingo|Torfinn]] 21:28, 20 September 2012 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:Partly answered. In {{ND-doc|30.031.3}} Section 3.4 "Formatting the floppy diskette", it says (in effect)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: @DEVICE-FUNCTION FLOPPY, SET-FLOPPY-FORMAT, 17 </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:--[[User:Tingo|Torfinn]] 21:28, 20 September 2012 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Tingo https://www.ndwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:DEVICE-FUNCTION&diff=2177&oldid=prev 2012-09-20T21:15:32Z

<p>set-floppy-format</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== set-floppy-format ==<br /> <br /> In {{ND-doc|30.041.1}} (from April 1986) Section 4 &quot;Taking Personal Backup&quot;, subsection &quot;How to format your diskettes&quot; (page 21) the set-floppy-format function is described like this:<br /> @DEVICE-FUNCTION FLOPPY, SET-FORMAT, 17<br /> This seems to be different than the description in the {{ND-doc|60.050.06}} (set-floppy-format would be shortened as set--format, wouldn&#039;t it?. And also it refers to format 0, 1 and 2, not 17). Which is correct?</div>

Tingo