6 Jun
2002
6 Jun
'02
12:04 p.m.
I've a Commodore 64-SX (the portable) and I was toying with the idea of
updating its kernel/bios/rom/whateveritscalledonthere so that it could
stretch out the life of its floppy drive.
There was a company called CMD that produced a replacement called JiffyDOS
that worked around lots of the slow repetitive speed transfer problems
from the disk drives. It doesn't seem like
they're selling the chips
anymore.
Anyone have a source for these, or failing that, someone have a recipe for
doing this sort of thing?
L
6 Jun
6 Jun
3:15 p.m.
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Louis Florit wrote:
There was a company called CMD that produced a
replacement called JiffyDOS
that worked around lots of the slow repetitive speed transfer problems
from the disk drives. It doesn't seem like they're selling the chips
anymore.
CMD sold their entire stock to a fellow called Maurice Randall.
Have a looksee here:
http://www.ia4u.net/~maurice/cmd.html
Maurice is a good guy, he's keeping a useful resource for Commodore users
alive when CMD was happy to dump the entire line.
JP
8:19 p.m.
Anyone have a source for these, or failing that,
someone have a recipe for
doing this sort of thing?
Maurice Randall's site already being posted (also try http://www.cmdrkey.com/)
being the direct answer, but consider a cheaper solution like an Epyx
FastLoad. These cartridges can be had for a couple of bucks on the used
market, are plentiful, and highly compatible with most software (I can count
on my fingers the number of titles I have that don't like it). Plus, you
don't have to install the matching ROM in the disk drive as well (JiffyDOS
is a matched set: a system Kernal replacement and a drive ROM replacement).
All of my Commodore 64s and 128s are fitted with FastLoads, and I don't know
what I'd do without them.
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8:50 p.m.
I just looked...
there are actually 3 of these Epyx fastload carts on epay just now, In case
you're interested.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Kaiser" <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: Source for Jiffydos for Commodore 64-SX?
http://www.cmdrkey.com/)
> Anyone have a source for these, or failing that,
someone have a recipe
for
doing this
sort of thing?
Maurice Randall's site already being posted (also try being the direct answer, but consider a cheaper
solution like an Epyx
FastLoad. These cartridges can be had for a couple of bucks on the used
market, are plentiful, and highly compatible with most software (I can
count
on my fingers the number of titles I have that
don't like it). Plus, you
don't have to install the matching ROM in the disk drive as well (JiffyDOS
is a matched set: a system Kernal replacement and a drive ROM
replacement).
All of my Commodore 64s and 128s are fitted with FastLoads, and I don't
know
what I'd do without them.
--
----------------------------- personal page:
http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ --
Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University *
ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu
-- The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away
with it. -- Abbie
Hoffman -
7 Jun
7 Jun
12:48 a.m.
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 06:19:02PM -0700, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Same here, but with Action Replay VI:s. They're the best thing that ever
happened to my C64's. I also have a 1764 memory expansion but it pales
in comparison to the coolness that is AR VI.
--
jht
Anyone have a
source for these, or failing that, someone have a recipe for
doing this sort of thing?
All of my Commodore 64s and 128s are fitted with FastLoads, and I don't know
what I'd do without them.
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