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From: kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C-128D and the 1571CR
Summary: Maverick for C-128
Keywords: new ROM, Fast Hackem
Message-ID: <7999@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 89 16:24:09 GMT
References: <7892@microsoft.UUCP> <64906@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <64906@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, dyson@lilac.cis.ohio-state.edu (mark l dyson) writes:
> In article <7892@microsoft.UUCP> kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent Sullivan) writes:
> >
> >I'm sure everyone remembers the problems FH v3.x-4.1 had with the 1571 when
> >the "new" ROM was released.  Well, v6 seems to be displaying similar behavior
> >with the drive in the C-128D.  I tried Fred Bowen's "drive test" program that
> >he made a few years ago, and it identified the drive ROM as a "1571CR".  Not
> >knowing what this was, I emailed Fred.
> >
> 
> My solution to the above problems (including FH support) was to purchase
> Maverick V2.0 (a Kracker Jax release) from Software Support International.
> Goodbye problems, hello great results, fabulous support, and cheap upgrades
> (up to V3.0, with 4.0 to come).
> 
>                                                     -Mark-

I have seen Maverick (now up to v3.0) and it is indeed very nice--it has
support for 64K of VDC RAM as a copy buffer (C-128) OR a REU (allows single-pass
fast copies of 1541 disks).  But it doesn't feature full support for 1571
double-sided disks.

So I called SSI to see if they might be working on a C-128 product.  One of
their representatives said they were in fact doing a C-128-specific package.
There is no set release date, name, or price available yet, but it sounds as
though it will have many of the features of Maverick v3.0.

Thought y'all might be interested in this info...

Kent Sullivan
Microsoft Corporation

The opinions expressed in this article are my own and do not necessarily
reflect those of my employer.