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echo: 64_talk
to: Rod Gasson
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1994-02-23 08:40:00
subject: hard drive

RG> Do you have Jiffy-Dos ROM's installed in your computer ?
 RG> If not, then this is the first step. (it makes it easy to move around
 RG> the HD too).

No, you only get that if you buy the RAM expansion.

 RG> There are some programs (not many) that are slow loading because of
 RG> very innefficient coding. There's not much you can do about these.

It's a single file, just a single load command being done.

 RG> The Jiffy-Dos roms will increase the loading times of most programs by
 RG> 5-7 times.

Even then, I'd have to load Jiffy-Dos, and then load wizard of wor!  Like
all games, once it's loaded, that's the end of your computer!  BFN.

Paul

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