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The story of 15 Second Copy for the C-64 2011-07-18   by  Michael Steil by Mike Pall , published with permission. [This is a follow-up to Thomas Tempelmann’s  Story of FCopy for the C-64 .] Ok, I have to make a confession … more than 25 years late: I’ve reverse-engineered Thomas Tempelmann’s code, added various improvements and spread them around. I guess I’m at least partially responsible for the slew of fast-loaders, fast-copys etc. that circulated in the German C64 scene and beyond. Uh, oh … I’ve only published AFLG (auto-fast-loader-generator) under my real name in the German “RUN” magazine. It owes quite a bit to TT’s original ideas. I guess I have to apologize to Thomas for not giving proper credit. But back then in the 80’s, intellectual property matters wasn’t exactly something a kid like me was overly concerned with. Later on, everyone was soldering parallel-transfer cables to the VIA #1 of the 1541 and plugging them into the C64 userport. This ...

21 Second Backup The 21 Second Backup used special hardware Claims: The worlds fastest copier! It takes only 21 seconds to duplicate an original diskette, one keystroke provides the user with a complete backup. It works every time! Here is the software and build notes of this kit:  21 second backup Plus 21 Second Back up – Spiral track protection A new format of C64 copy protection found 25+ yrs after it’s release? Most of use know that Bounty Bob was likely to be the hardest C64 game out to copy. But have you tried to copy  21 Second back up ? Well it pretty much impossible to copy also. It wasn’t until just recently that Jim Drew (interviewed here) maker of the SuperCard got his hands on an original copy of it. Here is Jim’s Quote from his post o n  LEMON64 , “Because this disk uses true spiral track protection. Tracks 10, 10.5, and 11 contain valid data that was written WHILE the head was stepping....

Home Contact RapiDOS Professional Drives RapiDOS professional is a floppy speeder based on the Professional DOS by Klaus Roreger. More information on Professional DOS can be found at :  http://www.d81.de/ProfessionalDOS/  and  http://ar.c64.org/wiki/Category:Professional_DOS RapiDOS was sold in the US by Chip Level Designs with kernel code written by Lawrence Hiller (aka Mr.Nike). Mitch/ESI gave ideas and feedback to the code resulting in RapiDOS having lots of “hacker enhancements” over Professional DOS, for example the built in monitor. It also functions on PAL (50Hz) Machines. On this page you will find pictures of the RapiDOS hardware. The ROMs are also available for download. Thanks to Mitch / ESI for information and for the hardware/ROMs ! Ahoy Issue 59 1988 Nov (RapiDOS) Size: 453.48 KB. 768 downloads RapiDOS Features Beta 1 Size: 2.55 MB. 760 downloads RapiDOS Features Beta 2 Size: 2.58 MB. 603 ...

Beyond the 1541 Mass Storage For The 64 And 128 Selby Bateman, Features Editor A 3.5-inch microdisk drive for the 64? A hard disk storage system for the 128? The continuing evolution of personal computers is causing major shifts in the kinds of data storage devices being used. There are signs that even the familiar 5-1/4-inch floppy disk may eventually go the way of punch cards and paper tape storage methods. Here's a look at what's headed your way in the emerging microcomputer industry Commodore market. Consider the 1541 disk drive: It's been called a "toy," a "lumbering hippo," and "the albatross of the Commodore 64." Business users impatiently deride its slow operating speed. Alternative devices and software speedup schemes have been offered by other manufacturers. And even defenders of the 1541 have been known to drum their fingers waiting for it to load data at a relatively slow 512 bytes per second. Yet despite the insults hur...