Rana Systems Elite Series User Manual

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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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