18 Jun
2009
18 Jun
'09
9:14 a.m.
Jim Brain wrote:
For every person who wants to experience the slow
speed of the 1541,
there are 10-100 people who find the C64 valuable but have no time for
the 1541. Specifically, the latter group includes the folks design SW
for the platform, software that users (who might enjoy the 1541) use.
So, by withholding newer technologies, it effectively discourages
those that the community wishes to interest in the platform.
And to drive the point
home, even back in the day, almost everyone
wanted to use a fast loader whenever possible as it accelerated the
bandwidth of the 1541 several times.
Infact the GEOS operating system for the C64 had a built in fast loader,
and in the C128, when hooked up to a 1571, it would use the faster
method that the fast loaders used.
So yes, you might want to wait 5 minutes to load Jungle Hunt or Spy
Hunter, or something else once or twice to see what it was like, but
after that, you'll quickly give up on repeating that experience. :-)