Review of FASTLOAD by: EPIX Review by: Roger Ingersoll (72416,3223) Upon receiving FASTLOAD I was currious about how well it worked. Here is a short rundown of a few test. VIDTEX loaded in only 11 sec compared to 47 sec without FASTLOAD. The PRINTSHOP loaded in 33 sec compared to 1 min 11 sec. And DOODLE loaded in a super fast 24 sec. The only program I found no increase in speed was with SUPERBASE 64.With FASTLOAD it loaded in the same amount of time. Useing FASTLOAD couldn't be easyer. Just plug in the cartridge and thats it. It has a built in wedge with the normal commands $ / _ % @ >. Plus a Disk tool accessed by typing "\" and return. It features a file copyer, Disk copy, A track editer, and a seperate program file utillity that will even protect a program from being scratched accidentally. It also has a built in assembly monitor. If for some reason you dont want to use the FASTLOAD modification, Just unplug the cartridge. I found only one program so far that would not work at all with FAST@LOAD and that was the new wedge by Jim Klitzing available in the DL's here. If you are like me and forget to load your wedge all the time and need it but it's not there then this might be just for you. It says on the box that this will work on most protected disk (and it does). In my opinion, FASTLOAD is worth the price (Even though I bought it on sale). Thanks for reading my review. Feedback welcome and encouraged. Roger Ingersoll <72416,3223>
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