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3.7.3.3 AMSDOS
This program relinquishes control from CP/M and returns to the built-in AMSTRAD
BASIC, from which the AMSDOS disc commands will be available.
3.7.4 Disc Generation
3.7.4.1 FORMAT
The AMSTRAD DDI-1 disc system supports three disc formats, one of which has two
variants.
The usual format is System format, obtained by using the standard FORMAT command.
The system tracks are read from the disc containing the FORMAT.COM program and
are automatically written to the destination disc.
The other formats are obtained by adding a single letter as a parameter to the
command, separated by a single space:
For Data Format type:
FORMAT D
For IBM Format type:
FORMAT I
For Vendor Format type:
FORMAT V
** WARNING ** The licence agreement for your CP/M disc, (which is
electronically serial number encoded) permits its use on a single computer system
only. In particular this means that you are prohibited from giving any other person a
disc with YOUR serial-numbered copy of CP/M on it. Because every system disc
you make has your CP/M on it you must be careful, therefore, not to sell, exchange
or in any other way part with, any system format disc. Instead you must format a disk
in Vendor format, which is identical to System format except that the system tracks
are blank, and then copy the relevant software onto that disc using FILECOPY or
PIP. Be careful that the software you copy in this way is not itself copyright or
subject to a licence agreement.
If you receive software on a disc in Vendor format, in order to use it conveniently
you may either copy it to a system disc by using FILECOPY or PIP or alternatively
convert the disc to a System disc by adding your CP/M to it. This is acheived with
the BOOTGEN and SYSGEN commands.
CAREFULLY READ THE END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT IN APPENDIX 2
OF THIS MANUAL
AMSTRAD Disc Drive & Interface DDI-1 Manual Chapter 3.8