(Fwd) Re: laptops and 5.25 inch floppy drives?

[Chuck Guzis]

On 9 Jan 2007 at 15:32, Chris M wrote:

> *went out to the shed. Yes there is present in the
> BIOS a service to format tracks. Not all clones comply
> in this way though (but where would the routine to do
> this be if not in the bios?). I noticed in the docs
> for my NEC APC III that DOS function calls were more
> or less the same as a vanilla pc, but I don't recall
> seeing mention of the equivalent BIOS calls. Anyone know?*

I believe that the APC follows the NEC 9801 convention, but I'm not 
certain.  The BIOS calls are very diffierent from the PC version.  A 
Google should turn something up; I know the calls are mentioned in 
Ralf Brown's interrupt list--and there was a rundown in one of the PC 
rags--maybe DOS/Windows Developer?  I probably also have a list in my 
files.


Cheers,
Chuck