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From: luce@aurs01.UUCP (J. Luce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: QuickSilver 128
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Date: 1 May 91 18:47:45 GMT
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In article <1991May1.050128.26834@cse.uta.edu> desimone@cse.uta.edu (David Desimone) writes:
-In article <59771@aurs01.UUCP> luce@aurw46.UUCP (J. Luce) writes:
->I just purchased a used SFD1001 and a Quicksiver 128 IEEE interface. Can
->Also, there is 1 barnacle underneath and the a wired 'clip' to one of
->the pins at the female end of the cartridge port extender. What is that
->for and does it affect the 64 or 128 usage?
-
-The clip is required in order to swap the internal ROM with the C64 ROM.
-It does not affect C128 usage as far as I know, since that ROM is
-already in the machine at all times.  It also prevents you from easily
-unplugging the thing, which is annoying.
-
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-David DeSimone, aka "Fuzzy Fox" on some networks.          /!/!
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Bzzzzz!Timeout! What do you mean by the 'ROM is already in the machine'?

I got no ROM with this (how does one get into the little black box
surrounding the midsection of the QS128?)... do I need to call Sykes? If
so, what's their phone number?

Thanks...


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