Apple IIe - Apple Fortran/Pascal 1.1 - How to Format and Name a Disk

This took a while to sort out. It applies to Pascal 1.1 as well, since you need the Pascal APPLE3 disk FORMATTER program to do this with Apple Fortran.

A handy command to check to see what disks you have mounted, is the "V" command.

To list the volumes:

1. Press "F" for the Filer command.
2. Press "V" for the volume command.
3. It responds by listing the volumes.

Vols on-line:

    1    CONSOLE:

    2    SYSTERM:

    4 # FORT1:

    5 # FORT2:

    6    PRINTER:

    7    REMIN:

    8    REMOUT:

11   # APPLE3:

12   # BLANK:

Root vol is - FORT1:

Prefix is     - FORT1:

Now, to format a disk:

1. Put the APPLE3 disk into the first drive and an unformatted disk in the second drive.
2. Run the FORMATTER program with the command.
3. Press "X" to X)ecute a program.
4. At the Execute what file? prompt, type in APPLE3:FORMATTER and press enter.
5. At the Format which disk (4, 5, 9..12)? prompt, type in the disk number that matches the second drive. In my two drive system this is 5. In my Apple //e Emulator with four drives enabled, it is 12.
6. If this is a formatted disk, you will be asked if you want to DESTROY DIRECTORY OF DISKNAME?. Type Y.
7. It will respond with NOW FORMATTING DISKETTE IN DRIVE 12 
8. You are prompted to format another disk. Either format another disk, or press Return to skip.
9. It will respond with THAT'S ALL FOLKS...

You now have a formatted disk named "BLANK" in the second drive.

To rename the disk:

1. Start the Filer, type "F".
2. Change, type "C".
3. At the "Change ?" prompt, enter the name of the disk followed by ":" to indicate it's the volume name and not a file, type BLANK: and press enter.
4. At the "Change to what?" prompt, enter the new volume name, type FCODE: and press enter. If you forget to add the ":", it will ignore the command.
5. It responds with "BLANK:                          --> FCODE:"
6. You can check by using the Filer command "V" to view the volumes.