19 Feb
1998
19 Feb
'98
12:07 a.m.
Well, I always knew the 1541 drive sucked egregiously,
speed wise. I
mean, it was as bad as a cassette player...what was the point? Until fast
Not even close. Trust me, I got my Vic 20 in 1981, and used it with a
cassette recorder until 1986. It took almost 5 minutes to load a 8k
program using the cassette! I'd have killed for a 1541 back then. I knew
people with the C64 and 1541, and boy was I envious at how fast they could
load stuff, and how much RAM they had to play with.
(note, 1525
uses THIN paper not 9 1/2" form feed, a misunderstanding in
the design specs, they thought 8 1/2" wide WITH the carrier.)
Ok, now that is just plain lame. Who the hell designs a printer and
forgets about the tractor feed bands?