Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!Keith PetersenFrom: Keith Petersen Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: FBAD57 - latest version of bad sector lockout program Message-ID: <6210@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 02:35:08 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6210 Posted: Fri Nov 30 02:35:08 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 05:22:37 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 19 Thanks to Mike Webb and Bernie Eiben for submitting the latest version of FINDBAD, the program that does a non-destructive read of the entire disk and makes a directory entry allocating all bad sectors to it. This prevents CP/M from using these sectors again, thus "locking out" bad sectors. Filename Type Bytes CRC Simtel20 directory MICRO: FBAD57.AQM.1 COM 21888 9B77H This new version has the option to display the track number being scanned, instead of the usual "*****" as sectors are read. Also recently added is a character counter to prevent ** runoff to the right. See the source code for instructions on how to use the program. --Keith