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!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA From: Keith PetersenNewsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: FBAD58 latest version of bad sector lockout program Message-ID: <6853@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 23:16:58 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6853 Posted: Sun Dec 30 23:16:58 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Jan-85 05:58:19 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 23 The latest version of FINDBAD, the program which does a non-destructive read of a disk and then creates a dummy file to allocate bad sectors so CP/M won't use them, is now available from SIMTEL20: Filename Type Bytes CRC Directory MICRO: FBAD58.AQM.1 COM 25216 F3D9H FBAD58.COM.1 COM 2176 D033H Here's the update author's comments on what's new in this version: ...Added the ability to keep bad blocks that were flagged in a previous [UNUSED].BAD file. If a block was ever flagged as bad by this program, it is probably weak. If on a subsequent test, it makes it through the BIOS retries and is read successfully, I want the block to stay in the UNUSED.BAD file. Removed the code in LTOP which cleared the high byte of HL after a call to SECTRN. My BIOS (Morrow DJDMA) sets the high bit of HL to indicate SIDE 1 of a double sided drive. --Keith