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Subject: Re: Fastloads vs. JiffyDOS
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 > It's still surprising how many software
 > packages inadvertently kill your cartridge loader.
 
 > SS has the advantages in many ways:  It gives you a super hacker
 > monitor, very nice screen printing and saving, good game utilities, a   
 > nice terminal program, a DOS wedge, and much much more.  It loses out
 > somewhat in compatibility, but that is to be expected.  If you don't
 > mind having to buy an expansion board to use your REU, and you don't
 > mind occasionally having to fiddle with the cartridge to get a program
 > to work, then go for it.  It is definitely worth buying.
 
One thing some may have overlooked, and a feature I take advantage of
often, it the ability of SSv5 to "freeze" and save a program.  If you
have a piece of software that SSv5 will not speed-load, simply load it,
freeze it, save it, and then the *new* saved program should speed load 
and run fine.  This will also work 90% of the time with software pack-
ages that SSv5 "gets in the way" of. Try it!