Skew - Formatter 1.4
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Purpose: This program is intended to help you formatting your 3.5" 
         floppy disks. It assigns a special Interleave-Value that 
         accelerates disk loading a little. Skew 3 (= other word 
         for interleave) is best for ProDOS 16 and Skew 2 with 
         ProDOS 8 is nearly as fast as Diversi-Cache.
         But notice, changing the interleave is always faster in 
         WRITING than Diversi-Cache.
         A very useful feature is to use Interleave 2 diskettes 
         with Glen Bredon's Hard Disk Image Backup. Wow !

NOTE:    It only works with the Apple IIgs Smartport Firmware, not 
         with an Apple //e nor Apple //c.

In short: Optimized for ProDOS  8: Skew 2 (Good for Bard's Tale, 
                                   MCS, Fantavision etc... running 
                                   under ProDOS 8)
          Optimized for ProDOS 16: Skew 3

(Apple's standard Skew is 4)

Commands:
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S    : Skew setup: Let's you enter any possible Skew from 1 to 9.
D    : Disk sides swap from 800K to 400K and reverse.
U    : Unit exchange: Let's you enter unit numbers from 1 to 4.     
       NOTE: This program does not care for ROM/RAM-Disks !
Space: Formats the disk in the current drive.
C    : ProDOS-Catalog of the current selected drive.
F    : Formats any inserted disk with no question until ESC is 
       pressed. BEWARE of the Apple IIgs keyboard buffer function; 
       If you're not sure, flush it before with Ctrl.-Apple-Del.
Q    : Quits the program. 
       Special: Q Q quick quit returns to ProDOS.

Hidden Special Features:
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- The Skew can be entered directly by pressing a key from 1 to 9.
- The Apple or the Shift Keys disable the eject function. Useful at 
  startup or when cataloging and then formatting.
- The question mark leads you into the Shareware notice.

History of changes:
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1.0  First initial released version; supported only 800K.
1.1  Drive change and other new features implemented etc.. Good 
     echo from friends: Now Shareware.
1.2  Many changes: Assembly Language header in final state.
                   Single sided added and also mover program.
                   New features in Basic Program.
1.3  Some bugs with display fixed; no functional changes.
1.4  Apple/Shift - NO-eject function implemented.

coming... - Programmable Auto Cue feature for multi drive formats.
            (I'm goning to buy a second drive !)
may be    - Macintosh HFS/MFS

                                        Alexis Gehrt

For more information about interleave, please consult a very good book from
Quality Software: "Beneath Apple DOS". I once had the chance to translate it
into german for a publishing house. It's available from Birkhaeuser Verlag
"Apple DOS unter der Lupe". Thanks Don and Pieter.