GEM WK8 User Manual

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Disk & Hard Disk 3•29
Utility
After pressing DISK, use the page scroll but-
ton to pass to the last two Disk pages: Floppy
Disk Utility and Hard Disk Utility.
These pages provide useful functions for disk and
hard Disk formatting and servicing.
The Floppy Disk Utility page options include:
• Format Work Disk (1.62 MB);
• Format Ms-Dos Disk (1.44 MB);
• Format Ms-Dos/Atari (720 KB)
• Change Disk Name
The Hard Disk Utility options include:
• Hard Disk Check-Recovery
• Hard Disk Sleep Time
• Hard Disk Protection
• Hard Disk Back-up
• Hard Disk Restore
FORMAT WORK DISK (1.62 MB)
This operation force-formats a 3.5” HD floppy disk
for SK760/880 use.
This extended format procedure prepares the disk
with a capacity of 1.62 megabytes (compared with
the standard 1.4 of MS-DOS disks). This format
cannot be read by computers.
1. Insert a new floppy disk into the drive.
You can also use a formatted disk, provided
that you are not interested in conserving its
contents.
2. Select «Format work disk (1.62 Mb)».
The following dialog window appears:
3. Press ENTER to start the formatting procedure.
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WARNING: All the Disk initializing procedures
cancel the entire contents of a used disk - be
absolutely sure that the contents include files that
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you don’t mind losing.
FORMAT MS-DOS DISK (1.44 MB)
This operation formats a 3.5” HD floppy disk in
MS-DOS format (capacity: 1.44 megabytes).
This format permits file exchange with comput-
ers running MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, Macin-
tosh, Atari, Amiga, and all computers capable of
reading MS-DOS format disks.
The procedure is identical to that described for
the «Format work disk (1.62 Mb)» operation.
Floppy Disk Utility page

GEM WK8 Specifications

General

MIDI	In, Out, Thru
Storage	Floppy disk drive
ROM	8 MB
Display	LCD
Effects	Reverb, Chorus
Outputs	Headphones
Inputs	Sustain pedal
Polyphony	32 voices