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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