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Cassiopei supports C128 in C128 mode (fwd)

Started by RobertB, September 21, 2014, 09:25:11 PM

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RobertB

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Subject: Cassiopei supports C128 in C128 mode
From:    Jan Derogee
Date:    Sun, September 21, 2014 11:26 am
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Hereby, I let you know that the Cassiopei now fully supports the C128.
Meaning that the Cassiopei now works with the C128 in C128 mode!

The Cassiopei is a device that uses the cassette port to connect to the
computer, it uses a fastloader to speed up its data transfer to 2850
bytes/sec.  [See
http://jderogee.tripod.com/projects/Cassiopei/Cassiopei.htm ]

Now normally you would need to type in load and wait to load the
fastloader, but on the C128 that is not required if you make a bootdisk.
And the Cassiopei can do that with a single press of a button. So now,
just switch on your C128 with the bootdisk installed and select the
program/game you want to use/play. Even if you want to start a C64 game
from C128 mode, that is no problem. See the video below that demonstrates
how easy this is and how to make the bootdisk. For the C128s that do not
have a disk drive, the Cassiopei still works but starts just a bit slower.

"the C128 and bootdisk functionality"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT4w8sUSiLw

The firmware/manual and PC software can be found on my website:
http://jderogee.tripod.com/projects/Cassiopei/Cassiopei.htm#Downloads

For those who are not familiar with upgrading the Cassiopei, the video
below will show you how to do this.

"how to upgrade the firmware"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsnFnv1Q930

(snip)

Kind regards,
Jan Derogee