Apple 13-0010--001 Computer Drive User Manual


 
ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL ENHANCED DOS UTIL.
completely independent of how the drive is de-
fined (see PROFILE) under the enhanced DOS,
however it is not completely independent of the
actual drive being used to do the formatting.
The following table lists which drives can per-
form which format types:
Format Type Drive Type Possible?
Disk II Disk II Yes
Disk II Elite One Yes
Disk II Elite Two Yes
Disk II Elite Three Special
Elite One Disk II No
Elite One Elite One Yes
Elite One Elite Two Yes
Elite One Elite Three Special
Elite Two Disk II No
Elite Two Elite One No
Elite Two Elite Two Yes
Elite Two Elite Three Special
Elite Three Disk II No
Elite Three Elite One No
Elite Three Elite Two No
Elite Three Elite Three Yes
The above table shows that, with the exception
of the Elite Three, the higher capacity drives
can all format lower capacity diskettes.
However, lower capacity drives cannot format
higher capacity diskettes.
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