T.DISKOVERY
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BECAUSE | 00000C90: 54 48 45 59 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 42 45 0D 49 4E |THEY WOULD BE.IN| 00000CA0: 41 43 43 45 53 53 49 42 4C 45 20 54 4F 20 C3 36 |ACCESSIBLE TO .6| 00000CB0: 34 20 4F 57 4E 45 52 53 2E 20 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 |4 OWNERS. .....| 00000CC0: D4 C1 D2 0D 57 49 4C 4C 20 53 54 49 4C 4C 20 42 |....WILL STILL B| 00000CD0: 45 20 48 45 41 56 49 4C 59 20 36 34 2D 4F 52 49 |E HEAVILY 64-ORI| 00000CE0: 45 4E 54 45 44 20 42 55 54 0D 49 46 20 54 48 45 |ENTED BUT.IF THE| 00000CF0: 20 53 50 45 43 49 41 4C 20 31 32 38 2D 4F 4E 4C | SPECIAL 128-ONL| 00000D00: 59 20 44 49 53 4B 20 50 52 4F 56 45 53 0D 50 4F |Y DISK PROVES.PO| 00000D10: 50 55 4C 41 52 2C 20 54 48 45 52 45 20 57 49 4C |PULAR, THERE WIL| 00000D20: 4C 20 55 4E 44 4F 55 42 54 45 44 4C 59 20 42 45 |L UNDOUBTEDLY BE| 00000D30: 0D 4D 4F 52 45 20 41 4E 44 20 57 45 20 43 41 4E |.MORE AND WE CAN| 00000D40: 20 41 4C 4C 20 47 4F 20 54 4F 20 42 45 44 20 41 | ALL GO TO BED A| 00000D50: 53 53 55 52 45 44 0D 54 48 41 54 20 54 48 49 53 |SSURED.THAT THIS| 00000D60: 20 49 53 2C 20 49 4E 44 45 45 44 2C 20 54 48 45 | IS, INDEED, THE| 00000D70: 20 42 45 53 54 20 4F 46 20 41 4C 4C 0D 50 4F 53 | BEST OF ALL.POS| 00000D80: 53 49 42 4C 45 20 57 4F 52 4C 44 53 2E 0D 20 20 |SIBLE WORLDS.. | 00000D90: 20 20 D4 48 45 20 C3 31 32 38 20 44 49 53 4B 20 | .HE .128 DISK | 00000DA0: 57 49 4C 4C 20 4D 4F 53 54 20 50 52 4F 42 41 42 |WILL MOST PROBAB| 00000DB0: 4C 59 0D 42 45 20 41 44 56 45 52 54 49 53 45 44 |LY.BE ADVERTISED| 00000DC0: 20 49 4E 20 41 20 46 4C 49 45 52 20 49 4E 53 49 | IN A FLIER INSI| 00000DD0: 44 45 20 54 48 45 0D CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 20 |DE THE......... | 00000DE0: 50 41 43 4B 41 47 45 2C 20 53 4F 20 4B 45 45 50 |PACKAGE, SO KEEP| 00000DF0: 20 41 4E 20 45 59 45 20 4F 55 54 0D 46 4F 52 20 | AN EYE OUT.FOR | 00000E00: 49 54 2E 20 20 C9 54 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 4E 4F 54 |IT. .T WILL NOT| 00000E10: 20 42 45 20 4F 4E 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 52 | BE ONE OF THE.R| 00000E20: 45 47 55 4C 41 52 20 4D 4F 4E 54 48 4C 59 20 CC |EGULAR MONTHLY .| 00000E30: CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 20 44 49 53 4B 53 20 2D 2D |....... DISKS --| 00000E40: 20 49 54 0D 57 49 4C 4C 20 42 45 20 41 20 53 45 | IT.WILL BE A SE| 00000E50: 50 41 52 41 54 45 20 44 49 53 4B 2E 0D 0D 20 20 |PARATE DISK... | 00000E60: 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 4F | **** .ND O| 00000E70: 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |F .EXT ****. |
..^U:DISKOVERY. D I S K O V E R
Y.. BY FENDER TUCKER.. I JU
ST GOT BACK FROM THE.COMMODORE ASSOCIATI
ON OF THE SOUTH.EAST (CASE) SHOW IN NASH
VILLE,.TENNESSEE. THERE WERE A NUMBER O
F.COMMODORE CELEBRITIES THERE,.INCLUDING
JIM BUTTERFIELD AND JAMES.OLDFIELD, AND
IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO.SEE THAT THERE IS
STILL A LOT OF.ENTHUSIASM ABOUT COMMODO
RE COMPUTERS.AND SOFTWARE... ALTHOUGH
MOST OF THE ACTIVITY.CENTERED AROUND TH
E SPECTACULAR AMIGA.DISPLAYS, THERE WERE
QUITE A FEW C64.AND C128 SUPPORTERS..
JUST ABOUT EVERY C64 BOOTH.FEATURED SO
ME SORT OF FAST DOS.CARTRIDGE OR CHIP.
IT SEEMS AS.THOUGH COMMODORE USERS ARE N
OT.ACCEPTING THE SLOW DRIVE ACCESS AS.AN
IMMUTABLE FACT OF LIFE AND ARE.TURNING
TO TECHNOLOGY TO BRING THE.C64 INTO THE
RELATIVELY FAST LANES.THAT USED TO BELON
G TO APPLE AND IBM... HERE AT LOADSTA
R WE'VE USED THE.EPYX FASTLOAD FOR YEARS
AND CAN.RECOMMEND IT FOR ALL OF OUR REA
DERS..WE'VE FOUND VERY FEW PROGRAMS THAT
.CONFLICT WITH IT. SINCE WE SPEND A.LOT
OF OUR TIME DE-BUGGING, THE.BUILT-IN MO
NITOR IS ESPECIALLY HANDY.... BUT THE
RE ARE FASTER MODULES..THE JIFFY DOS SYS
TEM BY CREATIVE.MICRO DESIGNS, INC. OF W
ILBRAHAM, MA.SEEMED TO BE THE FASTEST.
IT WAS A.LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN MOST
OF.THE OTHERS (AROUND $50) AND IT.REQUI
RES SWAPPING CHIPS AND.INSTALLING A JUMP
ER OR TWO, BUT ONCE.IT'S SET UP YOU STIL
L HAVE YOUR USER.PORT FREE... EXPLODE
V.3 AND V.4 ARE.CARTRIDGES MARKETED BY
THE SOFT GROUP.OF CHICAGO. EXPLODE V.3
IS VERY FAST.AND I'M FINDING IT QUITE CO
MPATIBLE.WITH LOADSTAR AND ALL OF OUR PR
OGRAMS.BUT ITS MAIN FUNCTION IS CAPTURIN
G.SCREENS. EXPLODE V.4 IS MORE OF A.HAC
KER'S TOOL AND HAS A MONITOR.. I DIDN
'T SEE THE OTHER.ESTABLISHED FASTLOADERS
AT THE SHOW,.MACH AND THE FINAL CARTRID
GE, BUT.THEN I DIDN'T SEE EPYX EITHER.
IF.YOU HAVE THE 1700 OR 1750 RAM.EXPANSI
ON MODULES, FREE SPIRIT.SOFTWARE, INC. O
F LA GRANGE, IL, HAS.THE FASTEST MODULE
YET -- SOMETHING.CALLED RAM DOS. THIS I
S NOT THE SAME.AS A TRUE FASTLOADER BUT
ONCE YOU.HAVE YOUR EXPANSION MODULE FILL
ED.WITH CODE (IT ESSENTIALLY HAS BECOME.
A RAM DISK) RAM DOS MAKES IT EASY TO.ALM
OST INSTANTANEOUSLY ZIP MEMORY.AROUND...
WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THE.C64
IS A REMARKABLY FAST MACHINE --.IT'S THE
SERIAL DRIVE THAT'S SLOW.. THE ALMOS
T LEGENDARY C128-ONLY.DISK THAT WE'RE WO
RKING ON IS COMING.ALONG BUT WE'RE FINDI
NG THAT BASIC.7.0, FOR ALL OF ITS GOOD F
EATURES, IS.QUITE A BIT SLOWER THAN BASI
C 2.0..WE TRANSFERRED MUCH OF THE SAME C
ODE.FROM OUR LOADSTAR MENU SYSTEM TO THE
.C128 MENU SYSTEM AND THE CHANGE IN.SPEE
D IS MORE THAN NOTICEABLE. WE'LL.PROBAB
LY HAVE TO COMPILE THE C128."PRESENTER"
PROGRAM. BASIC 7.0.PROGRAMMERS, IS THIS
TYPICAL?.. I MUST COMMEND THE C128.S
UBMITTERS, THOUGH. THE PROGRAMS.I'VE BE
EN RECEIVING ARE EXCELLENT AND.THERE WON
'T BE ANY PROBLEM FILLING.THE INITIAL C1
28-ONLY DISK WITH THE.PICK OF THE LOT..
KEEP SENDING US YOUR BASIC 7.0.PROGRA
MS. IT'S THE NATURE OF THE.PUBLISHING B
EAST TO BE CONSERVATIVE.AND SLOW TO REAC
T TO CHANGE, BUT IT'S.PLAIN TO ME THAT T
HERE ARE A LOT OF.PROGRAMMERS AND USERS
WHO ARE MORE.THAN READY FOR GOOD BASIC 7
.0.PROGRAMS... IN THE PAST WE'VE HESI
TATED TO.PUT TOO MANY C128 PROGRAMS ON.L
OADSTAR BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE.INACCESSIB
LE TO C64 OWNERS. LOADSTAR.WILL STILL B
E HEAVILY 64-ORIENTED BUT.IF THE SPECIAL
128-ONLY DISK PROVES.POPULAR, THERE WIL
L UNDOUBTEDLY BE.MORE AND WE CAN ALL GO
TO BED ASSURED.THAT THIS IS, INDEED, THE
BEST OF ALL.POSSIBLE WORLDS.. THE C1
28 DISK WILL MOST PROBABLY.BE ADVERTISED
IN A FLIER INSIDE THE.LOADSTAR PACKAGE,
SO KEEP AN EYE OUT.FOR IT. IT WILL NOT
BE ONE OF THE.REGULAR MONTHLY LOADSTAR
DISKS -- IT.WILL BE A SEPARATE DISK...
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