Demo Pak
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 6:21 pm
I first saw a Demo Pak in operation on a display model LZ at my local Dixon’s in the early 90s. The ‘animation’ gave me a lot of inspiration in my own programs.
A word to the wise, though, the demo re-vectors Switch-Off to Cold-Boot the machine at next switch on. Found that out when I’ve just tried the Pak, but luckily I back up my machine with ORG-Link before I start fiddling.
This must have been done so if the ‘yoof’ had rendered it useless or filled it full of ‘industrial language’ it would be all clean again at the next switch-on. (Thinking back, I may have been one of them youths… )
A word to the wise, though, the demo re-vectors Switch-Off to Cold-Boot the machine at next switch on. Found that out when I’ve just tried the Pak, but luckily I back up my machine with ORG-Link before I start fiddling.
This must have been done so if the ‘yoof’ had rendered it useless or filled it full of ‘industrial language’ it would be all clean again at the next switch-on. (Thinking back, I may have been one of them youths… )