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From: scott@max.u.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Does the 64 autoboot?
Message-ID: <13514.260ac22c@max.u.washington.edu>
Date: 24 Mar 90 08:41:16 GMT
References: <1990Mar15.213646.4601@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle WA
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In article <1990Mar15.213646.4601@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, shikascs@clutx.clarkson.edu (Glo) writes:
> Is there anyway to make the 64 autoboot off a 1541, 1571, or a 1581 thru
> hardware (or drive software) modification?  (Using a regular 64 not a 128)..
>
>                                 Thanks In advance,
>                                        Glo
 
Yes, there is a way, and it is called "Quit Brown Box" by
Brown Boxes Inc. 
26 Concord Road
Bedford, MA. 01730
(617)275-0090 or
(617)862-3675 
 
The above address and the following description of this cartridge was
obtain from a year old issue of Transactor.
 
Quick Brown Box is a battery backed RAM for C64 or C128. The Quick
Brown Box cartridges for the C64/C128 retain file even when the cartridge
is unplugged. Unlike EPROM cartriges, the QBB requires no programming or
erasing equipment except your computer. Loader program are supplied and
you can store as many programs into the cartridge as its memory
will allow. It may even be used as a non-volatile RAM disk. Auto-start
programs are supported, such as BBS program and software monitoring
systems that need to re-boot after a power failure. All models come
with a RESET push button and use low current CMOS RAM powered by a
160 mA-Hr Lithium cell with an estimated life of 7 to 10 years.
It is availabe in 16k, 32k, and 64k bytes.
 
 
Sincerely,
Scott K. Stephen