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From: sd05@terre.DMI.USherb.CA (Sylvain Tremblay / Eric Trepanier)
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Subject: Re: Fastloads vs. JiffyDOS
Summary: It all depends on your needs!!!
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Date: 31 Dec 90 05:50:08 GMT
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On Dec 30, 12:46am, Joystyk wrote:
|As to the SSv5. I have found one for $58 from Software Discounter's
|International + $4 S&H... $62... I'll sell the Action Replay to my friend
|for $60. He'd buy it for that... :-)
|
|Okay... thanx... We should keepup this mail sends... :-)

It was a pleasure providing you those informations.  I was only doing my job
as a satisfied customer.  I saw your latest post in the Newsgroup.  You seem
to be unsure wether the SS5 or JiffyDos would make the best choice.  I may be
able to help you make that decision.

I can't talk about JiffyDos because I never used it.  From the comments I've
seen, and reviews I've read in the magazines, it sure looks like a good
piece of hardware.  It probably does what it's supposed to do (i.e. speed the
disk drive) better than any other fastloader cartridge, but I doubt it offers
as many features as the SS4/5 does; believe me, that cartridge is loaded with
useful utilities and programs.

However, as much as I like my SS4, there is one thing that really *bothers* me,
the fact that it is a *cartridge*...  I use my C128 mostly for serious
applications these days (programming, telecom, word processing, ...)  Most of
the programs I use support the REU.  So I find myself constantly switching
between the REU for serious stuff, and SS4 for recreation.  This is especially
annoying because I have a C128D, so the user port is not as easily accessible
as on a C64/C128, not to mention that this constant switching must be pretty
hard on the port connectors.  I tought of using an approspand, but I really
don't have enough space in the back of my computer for this...

So what's the best?  I don't know.  I'm not sure I would exchange my SS4 for
a JiffyDOs.  At least, not without trying it for while!  I guess it all
depends on what you do with your C64/128.  If you have an REU and plan to use
it a lot, perhaps JiffyDos is your best buy...  But if you do a lot of hacking
on the C64, the SS5 with its screen/sprite/sound grabbing abilities is sure
to take you in for a ride...

|joystyk@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US / Luposlipaphobia:  the fear of being pursued
|Trebor Sux   CBM rules       /  by timber wolves around a kitchen table
|I love ADL                  /   while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor


Eric Trepanier

ps:  Oh, about the compatibility issue.  I do play a lot of games (the ones
with the nasty protection scheme.  And I find that I very seldom have to
physically disable the cartridge (via the C128 disable switch).  In fact I
can't even recall ONE game that required I switched off the cartridge this way.
Some programs will require a software disable.  This is as simple as holding
the F8 key upon the POWER-UP/RESET sequence, just like holding the CBM key
to select 64 mode on a C128.  This works with 99.99% of the games.

Hope this info helps you make the best choice!!!

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