Posted By
Majikeyric
on 2019-02-03
14:05:52
 |  Krill Loader and VICE
Hi!
ok I know that Vice Plus/4 is a piece of crap but I'm very surprised that the latest Krill loader version (v166) doesn't work with it. I have no problem with Yape, Plus4Emu and real hardware of course.
Have you experienced more success than me with this loader and Vice?
Would you recommend BitFire instead ? for IRQ loader and compatibility ? (at least with emulators)
Even if it is bad I would prefer that my prod at least loads correctly in Vice.... 
Thanks.
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Posted By
Luca
on 2019-02-03
14:29:11
 | Re: Krill Loader and VICE
I recovered a very old test I did with Krill's loader, a very simple one indeed, and once tested it with VICE 3.2 it worked. Anyway, after the Pets Rescue experience, I would say bitfire+4 all the life!
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Posted By
Mad
on 2019-02-03
15:54:06
| Re: Krill Loader and VICE
Dunno anything about Krills redo of his loader and plus4 vice. As Luca stated bitfire is for us the superior option. You got 1551 and 1541 fast loading and on top of that you can write some single blocks to the disc. Whats actually pretty cool for highscores and so on. Referencing files by a number is also easier than specifying a string for the filename.
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Posted By
Chronos
on 2019-02-03
16:42:08
 | Re: Krill Loader and VICE
Why don't you try siz's loader? It works with almost everything, even on sd2iec drives!
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Posted By
Lavina
on 2019-02-03
18:06:03
 | Re: Krill Loader and VICE
Bitfire rulez. Easy and powerful.
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Posted By
Luca
on 2019-02-04
02:45:59
| Re: Krill Loader and VICE
Siz's loader? Where to find it? :O
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Posted By
Chronos
on 2019-02-04
06:26:14
| Re: Krill Loader and VICE
siziolibv3
pros: broad compatibility
cons: krill's loader is faster
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Loader features
file name based (first two characters of name are checked)
you can load files in any order
you can load files from an SD2IEC directory natively
IRq loader
you can interrupt loading any time
uses serial protocol based on number of serial drives detected
TODO: currently only the multi-drive protocol is implemented
for parallel and TCBM interfaces the number of drives is not important and not used
DOS compatible, sector based (NOT A TRACKLOADER)
this ensures compatiblity with non-GCR drives
but it's not so fast
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Posted By
bubis
on 2019-02-04
08:16:03
| Re: Krill Loader and VICE
Hi,
I think Bitfire+4 works with Vice's xplus4, but you can try the test disks yourself (test_plus4_*.d64) found here:
https://github.com/dotscha/bitfire/tree/master/testing
The benefit of Bitfire is 1541/1551 support, small resident (2 blocks at most after install), speed and simplicity.
The other loaders from Krill and SIZ has more features and support more hardwares. Krill's loader is also pretty fast.
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Posted By
Majikeyric
on 2019-02-05
03:09:40
| Re: Krill Loader and VICE
Thanks for the info I gonna give Bitfire and Siz's loader a try 
bubis : yes the test disks work with Vice.
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