GEOS 2.0 C64 - Part 2 - The need for speed

Published: 14 October 2023
on channel: My Developer Thoughts
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GEOS 2.0 C64 - Part 2 - The need for speed

My journey continues. This time focusing on making the system faster and increasing storage capacity. I will show the steps to add a 512K REU (RAM Expansion Unit), JiffyDOS ROMs and a 500 meg CMD Hard Drive in the VICE Emulator

Useful videos:
Setting up a CMD Hard Drive in VICE:    • Setting up a CMD Hard Drive in a VICE...  
GEOS 2.0 C64 - Part 1    • GEOS 2.0 C64 - Part 1 - My journey ex...  

Timeline
0:00 Review of Video 1
0:35 Introduction
1:12 Configuring the 512k REU
3:00 Active drives
4:00 Copy goeoSpell to the RAM Disk
5:35 Spellchecking with geoSpell
8:30 geoWRite on the Shadowed 1541
10:30 RAM Boot
11:00 JiffyDOS ROM Installation
13:12 geoWrite speed under JiffyDOS
14:00 Compatability issues with JiffyDOS
15:12 Prepare for CMD Hard Drive Installation
16:55 Alter System Disk for CMD Hard Drive
20:54 Booting up 1st time with the CMD Hard Drive
22:51 Copy apps to the Hard Drive
25:40 Test spin of geoPaint
26:45 Copy clip art to Photo Manager
28:00 Use clip art in geoWrite
29:20 Managing Hard Drive Partitions
32:00 Closing Thoughts


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