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From: po87553@tut.fi (Ojala Pasi Juhani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: burstload1581+64
Summary: it works fine
Keywords: burst,1581,c64
Message-ID: <1894@alva.tut.fi>
Date: 9 Jul 89 23:10:31 GMT
Reply-To: po87553@alva.UUCP (Ojala Pasi Juhani)
Distribution: comp.sys.cbm
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Lines: 28


  Does anyone remember when I said that burst-routines could be used
in C64 too?? I think not.. :-)

  I have written a short code (256 bytes, some more if rs is to be used)
to be hooked up to LOAD-vector and it works fine, even if the drive
has been turned off before loading (it thinks 64 is a Slow-device).
(Of course drive should be on to start loading... ;-) )

Advantages:
		Loading about 10 times faster than normal
			(in 1581, something about that in 1571 too..?)
		Just a short ml-program (two pages)
		Can be made to load SEQ-files too

Disadvantages:
		Needs two (2) wires to connect serial port to Cia1
		Can't load directory (it is not a file)
				     (will fix it.. soon?)

If anyone is interested to this little code of mine, mail me and I
shall think what to do..

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  //  Pasi Ojala     //   Pasbox v2.6   //   his Vic-20. Is there
 // po87553@tut.fi  //   C64 forever   //    another one in the world?
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