Exploring the WARP SPEED Commodore 64 cartridge from Cinemaware!

Let's take a look at Cinemaware's answer to the Epyx Fast Load cartridge. Every feature explored. Load and Save benchmarks compared.

CBM Disk Transfer Benchmark: https://www.obliterator918.com/dtb/

You can get the benchmark charts from this blog post: https://www.obliterator918.com/the-warp-speed-cartridge-from-cinemaware-is-nice/

You can download Warp Speed ROM images and manuals from ReplayResources: https://rr.pokefinder.org/wiki/WarpSpeed

World of Jani has some great info: http://blog.worldofjani.com/?p=5043

And here's a project on GitHub so you can make your own Warp Speed cart: https://github.com/SukkoPera/OpenC64WarpSpeed

A good way to play with Warp Speed is to use the Multi-Easy crt on an EasyFlash: https://csdb.dk/release/index.php?id=117893

Index:
1:30 DOS Wedge
4:57 Format problems
7:00 Benchmarking Fast I/O
9:22 Utilities
14:40 ML Monitor
17:25 Drive Monitor (1541 ML Monitor)
23:35 Conclusion and Ruminations

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