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Re: 128MB USB flash stick, approx. $20-$30 by Chairman Mao 11/11/2004, 11:20am PST
foolio wrote:

While we're discussing ancient computing: some C64 games work only if you add a ",8,1" suffix to the LOAD command. Some games only work if you add a ",8" suffix. Just in case you're having problems booting up Beachhead.


,8 denotes the first floppy drive on the serial daisy chain, if you had another floppy on the chain it would be ,9. IIRC, ,4 denoted the tape cassette drive

,1 instructs it to load the first file on the disk. The C64 had a monolithic file system so the ordering of files on the disc was relevant.
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