NAME

       dskform - floppy or image file formatter for emulated machines

SYNOPSIS

       dskform  [-format  FORMAT]  [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE] [-comp COMP] [-retry COUNT] [-fat12]
       DISKIMAGE

DESCRIPTION

       Dskform is a formatter which formats floppy discs or disc images  for  use  with  emulated
       machines  such as the ZX Spectrum +3, Amstrad CPC, and various Acorn machines. It does not
       create a filesystem on the disc or image.

OPTIONS

       -format FORMAT
              Specifies a disc format to use. See the section DISK FORMATS for more information.

       -type TYPE
              Determines which driver is to be used to format the disc or image.

              auto    Select according to the disc image file. This is the default.

              dsk     Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.

              edsk    Use the extended version of the DSK format.

              floppy  Use the floppy driver.

              myz80   Use the hard disk (MYZ80 format) image  driver.   (This  format  cannot  be
                      autodetected.)

              cfi     Use  the  CFI  (DOS  fdcopy  format)  image driver.  (This format cannot be
                      autodetected.)

              apridisk
                      Use the ApriDisk image driver (used for archiving Apricot floppies).  (This
                      format cannot be autodetected.)

              raw     Use the raw driver.

       -comp COMP
              Compress  the  disc  image that is being generated (has no effect when formatting a
              real floppy disc).

              sq      Huffman compressed (SQ / USQ).

              gz      Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).

       -retry COUNT
              Set the number of times to attempt a format operation in case of error.

       -side SIDE
              Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc is to be formatted.

       -pcdos Create an empty PCDOS (FAT12) filesystem on the disc image.

       -apricot
              Create an empty Apricot MSDOS filesystem on the disc image.

DISK FORMATS

       pcw180              PCW or IBM; 180K. This is the default format.

       cpcsys              CPC or +3 System

       cpcdata             CPC or +3 Data

       pcw720              PCW or IBM 720K

       pcw1440             PCW16 or IBM 1440K

       ibm160 ibm320       IBM 160K or 320K (CP/M-86 or DOSPlus)

       ibm360              IBM 360K (DOSPlus)

       ibm720 ibm1200 ibm1440
                           IBM 720K, 1200K or 1440K (144FEAT)

       acorn160 acorn320   Acorn ADFS 'S' or 'M'

       acorn640            Acorn ADFS 'L'

       acorn800            Acorn ADFS 'D' and 'E'/'E+'

       acorn1600           Acorn ADFS 'F'/'F+'

       pcw800              PCW 800K (XCF2DD)

       pcw200              PCW 200K (XCF2)

       bbc100              BBC Micro DFS (single sided, 40 tracks)

       bbc200              BBC Micro DFS (single sided, 80 tracks)

AUTHOR

       John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.

       Darren Salt wrote the man pages.