From: demarco@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Vince Demarco)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.apple2
Subject: UltraFormat Documentation
Summary: UltraFormat
Message-ID: <724@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
Date: 16 Feb 89

UltraFormat - The ProDOS formatter
By Christopher Lau
Copyright 1989

UltraFormat 0.99f - Preliminary Documentation
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o What is UltraFormat?

ProDOS UltraFormat is a Shareware Program to format 40 tracks on a
standard 5.25 inch diskette.  The Shareware fee is $6.00 and entitles
you to the full source and updates.  (shareware notice at the end)

o What features does it have?

ProDOS UltraFormat has the following features:

- Formatting capability up to 40 tracks if your drive can access all
  40 tracks
- Track lockout for //c and similar drives that cannot access a specific
  track
- Disk Use map, like the one in Copy ][ plus
- Disk information display
- Auto/Manual disk verify/bad block marking
- Can be run from BASIC or from ProDOS BYE- extra features if run from BASIC

o Why and when should I use UltraFormat?

You should use UltraFormat when you need to have more storage space without 
wanting to spend more for a UniDisk 3.5, or even if you already have a 3.5"
drive, UltraFormat gives you 20K more capacity per disk- 20K extra that you
could fit that last chapter of your memoirs on...  for BBS sysops, 20K extra
for messages and files...  The uses are endless!

o How fast is UltraFormat?

Very fast!  On a standard Apple //e, it will format a disk without verify in
less than 15 seconds, slightly longer with verify...

o Is it compatible with the rest of my programs?

With a one-byte patch to your ProDOS system file, all disks formatted with
UltraFormat are totally compatible with 99% of Apple software- exceptions are
many diskette copiers, disk compaction utilities and software that does not
use the ProDOS kernal for diskette access.

Patch for ProDOS 8 v1.2 to current
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This patch allows ProDOS to access all 40 tracks on a disk:

]bload prodos,a$2000,tsys
]call-151
*58E3:40
*<ctrl-c>
]bsave prodos,a$2000,tsys


End of UltraFormat documentation

UltraFormat is distributed as Shareware, you may try it for 10 days and if you
like it, please send $6.00 to the following address:

        Christopher Lau
        Ultron MicroWare
        2423-52nd Avenue S.W.
        Calgary, Alberta, Canada
        T3E 1K5

Be sure to include your own address as well as a net address where you can be
reached.

UltraFormat Copyright 1989 Christopher Lau