Sorry for the long delay, the project suffered from technical
difficulties. The compiler has troubled us with a nasty by easy solvable bug. Thanks
to the persistence of Jussi, this was finally fixed and now we can continue
with new releases. The previous beta release of the Jiffy-DOS 1541-III firmware
had a problem which caused lot’s of files to fail from running properly. This
is fixed and games now load as expected. But with the speed of Jiffy-DOS.
This beta release of the 1541-III firmware
holds lot’s and lot’s of new features. But the most important feature of it all
also makes it the most useable version of all 1541-III firmware releases. Why, because
it supports JiffyDos. JiffyDos consists of a fastloader that makes all disk
access much and much faster. Making the use of your precious commodore much
more fun.
For those who are not familiar with the
JiffyDos, just google, otherwise, thrust me. It’s really usefull. JiffyDos
speeds up ALL your disk access. Programs or games without a fastloader used to
be slow… but suddenly they become as fast as… “greased lightning!!!”. So enough
about JiffyDos.
Why is this release a beta release, simply because this release holds a lot of
changes made to the 1541-III’s firmware, very crucial changes. Most changes are
not noticed by the user, and some are never used. But I won’t go into detail.
This release is usefull for those who want
to test JiffyDos on the 1541-III. It’s functional but not yet finished and it
needs to be tested… by you!
So please feel free to report all found
issues so it can be solved.
1541-III with JiffyDos
support, 1541-III v090914.hex
For questions/remarks, you can send a message to the
forum
http://www.lemon64.com forum: help&support /JiffyDOS for the
1541-III in beta phase
PS: this beta-release was made possible by
Jussi S., he was the one who took the initiative to integrate JiffyDos support
into the 1541-III. The other changes to the firmware were done almost a year
ago, but were never tested enough/stable enough to be released. His enthusiasm
to integrate JiffyDos into the 1541-III has given a new boost to the
development of this project.
PPS: future releases will no longer have sound
samples to produce the sound of authentic disk activity. However, synthesized
sounds produce some sort of feedback. This was required for freeing up
programming space for the Jiffy-DOS routines. It was a matter of fun versus
functionality. And functionality has won.