Archive for December, 2004

Second Beta of Format144 1.2

Posted in Computers, Format144 | Wednesday, December 15th, 2004 | No Comments »

I would like to thank all of you who kindly agreed to test the beta version and responded with great feedback. Here is the second beta with a couple of bugs fixed and the size of the executable file cut in half -
all I needed to do is remove symbols from the file with the strip utility. Thanks for the nice tip, Harry!

Format144 1.2 Beta

Posted in Computers, Format144 | Sunday, December 12th, 2004 | No Comments »

A new beta version of Format144 is available for download. It is now possible to select either drive A: or B: to use, and format 1.2MB or 720KB media, both 3-1/2in or 5-1/4in. I will appreciate your help testing it, so please check it out and let me know how it works for you.

I have to say that this version turned out to be a major challenge, and it looks like I will have to explore lower-level Windows interfaces for the future version, to make it more robust and user-friendly.