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* RAM floppy functions
* RAM floppy functions
* some LIST support
* some LIST support
==Notes==
* v3 to v4 changes are not yet documented
* ExOS is known to be not the most reliable speeder due to the increased speeding of the stepper motor within the drive


== Binaries ==
== Binaries ==

Revision as of 23:12, 26 May 2010

ExOS was released by the german paper magazine 64'er in the December issue of 1986. It was published as a ROM patch which copied the original C64 Kernal to $2000 and patched it there. The reader was supposed to use a monitor to save the new ROM using a monitor then. The ROM is simply burned to an 8k eprom and added to the using a kernal switching board C64 then. ExOS does not require a change on the drive ROM.


Functionality

  • Fast serial load (can be disabled)
  • LOAD"$",8 redirected to screen output on direct mode
  • Start and end address output
  • OLD function
  • RAM floppy functions
  • some LIST support

Notes

  • v3 to v4 changes are not yet documented
  • ExOS is known to be not the most reliable speeder due to the increased speeding of the stepper motor within the drive


Binaries

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