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Krill's Loader, repository version 58 [2009] |
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Summary Submitted by Krill on 1 May 2009
This is the current development version, considered to be stable for some years now. It comes with no strings attached.
This loader features, among other things:
- asynchronous 2-bit+ATN transfer protocol, allows for arbitrary interruptions (IRQs, sprites, badlines), in this version with only 1 drive on the bus
- support for 1541, 1541-C, 1541-II, 1570, 1571, 1581
- works with exotic drives implementing the necessary KERNAL I/O calls, e.g. IDE64, MMC64, netload, VICE without true drive emulation
- PAL/NTSC compatible
- loads uncompressed files
- loads compressed files, supports Exomizer, Pucrunch, ByteBoozer, Taboo LevelCrush
- nominal loading speed is 3.5 kB/s for uncompressed files and 6 kB/s for compressed files (1541)
- in-memory decompression of files
- loads via directory (2-16 filename characters), track/sector, or directory index
- loads to $D000-$DFFF
- easy and glitchless VIC bank switching while loading
- any values written to $DD00 allowed when loader is idle
- optional polled loading and non-blocking loading using CIA timer NMIs
- progress indication interface
- customizable in functionality and size, needs <$0100 bytes for basic loading uncompressed functionality after installation
Some planned features for future versions:
- real documentation
- web-based build service
- more than 1 drive on the bus using the 2-bit+ATN transfer protocol
- other transfer protocols
- IFFL loading
- custom drive-code API for uploading own routines to the drive CPU
- streaming
- saving functionality using the custom drive-code API
- CMD FD/HD support
- dynamic linkage for easy loader swapping and updating with existing binary releases
- support for D64-compatible fast file formats
- +4 target |
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