Epson QX-10, CP/M

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Thu Jul 23 20:52:47 1998

< I would like to test the Vertex 185 under Spinrite (MS-DOS) and expand t
< bad track table, if Spinrite discovers more problems.

You could but,...

< Will the bad track information carry over under CP/M, and will its forma
< utility see the MS-DOS info? Otherwise, should we just make a list and e
< it?

Depending on the controller used likely no for the Bad block info and NO
for the format.

< Is there a low-level format utility in CP/M? Is it necessary, as under
< MS-DOS?

Maybe, it's generally machine/controller specific. Necessary yes.
General purpose no. REason for that is like floppy controllers
hard disk controler of the era varied from system to system.

< What is the QX-10 controller card going to think of a different hard dri
< Will it try to run the new drive as a 10 MB?

it depends what the controller passes back to the bios and if the bios can
even be reconfigured. FYI: CP/M2 disks over 8mb must be partitioned to
multiple 8mb (or less) logical drives. The file system can only address
65536 128byte logical sectors and up to 16 logical drives.

Allison
Received on Thu Jul 23 1998 - 20:52:47 BST