5 Jun
2002
5 Jun
'02
9:58 p.m.
That was quick; just went to check it out and it apparently was removed
from the database.
"John R. Keys Jr." wrote:
Check out the commodore FD that just sold on ebay for $172.50. It's a
model CMD FD-400 and is ebay #202686815
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd(a)rddavis.org>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Commodore floppy drives; faster than you can type
animals:
Quothe Stan Sieler, from writings of Wed, Jun 05,
2002 at
11:19:29AM -0700:
"Reads data faster than you can type".
Is my memory playing tricks on me, or did Commodore really
use such a line (or something quite similar)? Any pointers
would be appreciated.
From what I recall, typing in source code for a
C64 was no fun, with
all those peeks and pokes, etc. Even the tape drive could
transfer
data faster than I could type in those source code listings.
BTW, I wasn't convinced that it *could* read
data faster
than I could type :)
While I can't comment on the disk drive, since I didn't acquire one
until the past year or so (and haven't obtained a cable yet), I can
only comment on the tape drive; yes, it did seem rather s...l...o...w;
however slow, I was grateful not to have to type in a program anymore
every time I used the C64. :-)
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