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     FFD   Format Floppy Diskette

           this program formats the four most common floppies :
           5.25 DD (360kb) or 5.25 HD (1.2mb), and
           3.5 DD (720kb) or 3.5 HD (1.4mb),
           on either drive 'a' or 'b'.

           If errors are encountered during the format, you are given the
           option of a retry of the format operation.

           you also have the option of either a standard format,
           or a quick format ( initializing the FATS and directories ).

           the quick format is only valid on already formatted diskettes
           as a means of quickly clearing them of all references to
           previous data.

           during the format, the diskette is labelled 'Formatted'.

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