Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site decwrl.DEC.COM Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vogon!goodenough From: goodenough@vogon.DEC (Jeff Goodenough, IPG Reading DEC-UK) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Novaload Message-ID: <1421@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 05:41:45 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.1421 Posted: Fri Feb 28 05:41:45 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Mar-86 17:53:57 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 19 Bubba Pearson asks about Novaload. It is a turbo tape loader widely used in the UK, maybe also in the US, by games suppliers. Commodore themselves, US Gold, and Jeff Minter (don't know if he sells in the US) are among users of the system. It appears to be supplied under licence, as a unique number (the licence number?) is displayed on the Novaload announcement screen. It is highly sophisticated, and provides the following facilities during loading: - a static bitmapped title screen (game supplier's design) - countdown display of blocks remaining to load - music (supplier's composition) - a horizontally scrolling line of text, which seems to repeat after 256 characters, where the supplier can advertise other products, etc. And it's fast. Jeff.