bub@rlgvax.UUCP ( Mongo Mauler) (02/25/86)
In response to some requests for info on speed loaders for the datasette recorder for the C64, I intended to find the back issue of COMPUTE!'S GAZETTE that included both TURBOTAPE and TURBODISK. I was alas unable to find my issue with both! I do however have the first publication of TURBOTAPE: the January 1985 issue of COMPUTE! (not the GAZETTE) magazine. This same issue also includes 2 games for the 64, as well as a very useul 'Guitar Tuner' for guitarists (can also easily be modified for other stringed instruments). The claims in the article accompanying TURBOTAPE are pretty much accurate! Here's some food for thought: Stores itself out of the way of BASIC. Can be safely used w/Simon's Basic, Supermon, PAL, etc. Handles programs up to 49k in length. Save, load, or verify data from any part of RAM. Normal load command will TURBOLOAD a program that has been previously TURBOSAVED (so you don't have to reload the utility!). 1541 12k program load time: 34 seconds Turboload of same program: ~28 seconds Saving same program on 1541: 40 seconds Turbosave time: 42 seconds All in all, a very useful and inexpensive utility. If you take the time to enter the quite lengthy code yourself, total cash cost would be only the $4.00 back issue (plus tax) cost of the magazine. I myself was too lazy, so I purchased the diskette (not from this mag, which also costs $12.95) that included both the TURBOLOADERS (for disk and tape) utilities. Sorry I can't find it! Anyway to get a back issue from COMPUTE! publications: Call toll free in continental U.S.A.: 800-334-0868 Or not toll free: 919-275-9809) Or write to: COMPUTE! Back Issues P.O. Box 5406 Greensboro, NC 27403 U.S.A. I've also recently been made aware of a Tape speed loader called NOVALOAD. Any 64/vic users out there heard of it or used it? I hope the faithful among the datasetters out there in netland find this posting useful. Keep that little thing chugging! Your friend and mine, Bubba - I wish someone'd tell me what diddy-wa-diddy means - Pearson | | ---( )--- ____________[( . )]____________ x x x x