Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!bllklly From: bllklly@uwmacc.UUCP (Bill Kelly) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: 1541 drive speedups? Message-ID: <398@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 14:43:03 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.398 Posted: Fri Oct 19 14:43:03 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Oct-84 07:19:54 EDT References: <3377@ecsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: bllklly@maccunix.UUCP (Bill Kelly) Distribution: na Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 33 [How about the two latest incompatible Commodores--see Run mag] 1541 speedups were a topic of discussion at the latest Madison Commodore Club meeting. Unfortunately I have a terrible memory and didn't take notes. But two pertinent points are: There's a product recently out called Flash that is a hardware (firmware?) upgrade to the 1541. Reviews on it were mixed, and the consensus was to wait for reviews before you take a chance on it. Someone said the speedup wasn't that impressive. There's also a program called Quickload, I believe, that loads programs 4 times faster than usual (doesn't help in other types of disk I/O). I don't know where you can get it...check the ads. An unrelated aside. Commodore is apparently reluctant to release the Comal cartridge in the US. Comal is an interpreted language similar to Pascal with many of the graphics features of Logo (in fact the cartride is claimed to emulate Logo completely). Commodore is afraid there wouldn't be sufficient interest in the U.S. If this sounds interesting to you, write a letter to Commodore and urge them to market it. And if you want to try the preliminary version of Comal, check any recent issue of Run or Commodore Microcomputer magazine -- it's only $20. -- Bill (Regnad Kcin) Kelly {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!bllklly 1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706 "When you have eliminated the impossible, what remains, however improbable, is the truth." ---Sherlock Holmes' comments on debugging, from his monograph "The Art of Deduction and Babbage's Analytical Engine"