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   Felix Palmen to All   
   Re: BackBit cartridge for the C64/128 (f   
   10 Mar 20 15:04:25   
   
   From: felix@palmen-it.de   
      
   * bernardoone@netzero.net :   
   > The big selling point of the cartridge is its compatibility with   
   > various disk, tape, and cartridge images, like D64, D81, [...]   
      
   Just for completeness: disk drives are emulated at the KERNAL level, so   
   nothing using custom drive code (like e.g. many multipart demos) will   
   work.   
      
   I don't mean to say that's a bad thing -- for exact 1541 drive   
   emulation, other hardware like the 1541-UII+ exists, and the Backbit   
   obviously serves a different usecase. In terms of disk drive   
   compatibility, it's the same as an SD2IEC, but can of course do a lot   
   more stuff. People should just be aware that many demos (and maybe also   
   some, very few, games on disk) will not work with this cartridge.   
      
   BR, Felix   
      
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