I was trying to write some Sam discs using the dreaded SAMDISK.EXE (and the much nicer SAMDSK.EXE) on my PC at home and they kept failing to write, writing a few tracks and then failing or failing somewhere else in the DSK file as it was written.
Thinking the target discs may not be formatted I went back to my Sam and formatted them again. Same result. Then in a fit of madness I booted from a floppy instead of from my Atom and formatted a disc under SamDos. This time it worked fine, and on all subsequent discs I wrote. Now I know that BDOS formats & verifies both sides before moving to the next track which is handy, but why should there be any difference in the physical format - of is it just the floppy drive in the PC is a bit too fussy? Dan. Green Flag Limited, registered in England no. 1003081 registered office The Wharf, Neville Street, Leeds LS1 4AZ. UK Insurance Limited is also a member of the Green Flag group of companies and is a member of the General Insurance Standards Council.
