Posted By
SVS
on 2012-10-02
13:44:07
 |  Re: Anything interesting going on in your Commodore universe?
@MIK: indeed there are some advantages to use a 1551: Better speed (x3 read; x2 write); Faster Directory visualization; it does not stop Plus4 while is reading or initializing; and final many software optimized for it (Csory, etc.).
I suggest you to try, using an emulator, the differences between 1551 and old good 1541 (P.S. if you use a virtual [emulated] 1551 maybe you should avoid wife' grumble... not sure thinking to mine... 
@Giuseppe: the recovering of 1551' chips is hard, especially those of the cartridge. Me too I did work hard to repair one of my 1551s, at end I did not fix it but did substitute the whole cartridge (had from guy who sold me the 1551s). The mechanic on the contrary can be switched from a 1541 without problems.
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