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Topic 9         Wed Sep 17, 1986
B.E.MILLS                    at 00:48 CDT
Sub: FASTLOAD BUGS                          

If you have questions or answers about EPYX's Fastload cartidge, 
by all means, stop in and chat a while.
9 message(s) total
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Category 3,  Topic 9
Message 1         Wed Sep 17, 1986
B.E.MILLS                    at 00:55 CDT

Does anyone else have these problems with Fastload?
  1) After exended use, the cart seems to overheat and performs 
     erratically or not at all.
  2) The sector editor defaults to track 18, sector *2*!!! Intresting choice of 
defaults, eh?
  3) Returning to BASIC from the functions menu, sometimes leaves 'B' on your 
screen. 
  4) Is there an undocumented command in the M/L monitor to redirect output to 
the printer?
  5) Have any of these bugs been fixed in later releases and, if so, how much 
will it cost to upgrade?
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Message 2         Wed Sep 17, 1986
SURVIVOR [S. Gutknecht]      at 20:54 EDT


I was one of de first to get FASTLOAD in el world!  And they have only
had one update since I got it... and that was soon after release....

(((((this is MY knowledge, and does not mean that there might not be
     a update that I do not know about!)))))

The bug that made me really dislike FASTLOAD was that if you SAVE (or "_")
or write to the disk, it tends to ruin your directory...... not a pretty
sight.

WHEN will one of the ""speedloaders"" have TRUE to LIVE speeds on the
package... MACH 128 says that it ""loads and saves 500% faster"", then
what... a DATASET!!

Stephen Gutknecht

  ((((1571 owner))))

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Message 3         Wed Sep 17, 1986
B.E.MILLS                    at 20:39 CDT

Well, DEB, do you have any info on this subject?
I also thought of another thing-
   What call is Activision making in their loader programs that give you a
   'NO CHANNEL' error with FASTLOAD enabled? I've checked it out and can't find 
where it's happening.
                -Bob-
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Message 4         Thu Sep 18, 1986
DEB [*deb!*]                 at 00:03 EDT

Not me...*I* never used FASTLOAD,QUICKLOAD,FLASH!,etc.  The compatibility
bugs drove me nuts the first time I saw one, figured a coupla minutes was
just not worth the aggravation...!
   
       *deb!*
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Message 5         Thu Sep 18, 1986
B.E.MILLS                    at 00:35 CDT

Well, Fastload IS handy for quick sector editing, directories etc.. And it does 
measurably shorten loading times.
 For most programs.
                      -Bob-
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Message 6         Thu Sep 18, 1986
TIGLON.G [Tiggy][SysOp]      at 05:50 EDT

Out of the three Fastload carts I had, not ONE of those puppies ever operated
correctly! I gave up..and sent them back..one by one! I'd rather go out for a
coke while something is loading!

             --* Tiggy