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From: jobusch@isucs1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: The EPYX FastLoad Cartridge
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 15:30:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 15:30:07 1985
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Nf-From: isucs1!jobusch    Jun 25 22:57:00 1985

Concerning the EPYX FastLoad cartridge...

Has anyone out there experienced problems with this little piece
of crud? So far, I have destroyed 3 disks of data (retrievable,
fortunately) and have encountered problems with my printer while
the FastLoad cartridge was active.

Apparently, the thing likes to occasionally scramble sector 18,0
and 18,1 (just directory info..!) when you write to disk. Also,
my MPS802 printer (no snickers, please) refuses to print when
the cartridge is in.

None of my local computer dealers will say anything about these
problems, but I am convinced that something is  screwy here. 
Granted, it must do some funky things to speed up a 1541 drive,
but at the cost of randomly munching a disk??? 

...Also, did you know there is a machine monitor (ala Supermon,
Micromon, etc...) on the Cartridge. You access it by entering
a '%' <cr>.
Dave Jobusch   Iowa State University
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