Tardis DOS v0.3.16

Fast loading now works on a real 1541 and other spinning media, a cartridge version for EasyFlash is now available (what works in VICE and should work on C64 Ultimate too), and new drive commands (including @-style) has been added.

New

• Fast loading on a real 1541. load is now fast by default, slightly
  faster than a genuine Epyx FastLoad cartridge, and falls back to normal speed
  by itself on drives it can't speed up. run <name> benefits too.
• An EasyFlash cartridge. Tardis can now run on a stock C64, VICE, or C64U
  from an EasyFlash or Kung Fu Flash, no One ROM needed. Everything works
  except font swapping, saved settings, and typing EXIT at the BASIC prompt
  to return to Tardis.
• disk looks after the disk: disk status, disk init,
  disk validate and disk format <name> (it asks before erasing).
• Wedge-style drive commands: @i, @v, @n:name,id and so on send
  a command straight to the drive and show its answer.
• cat and less show BASIC programs as listings, same as LIST does.
• color border, color bg and color text set the colours, or open the
  colour picker if you leave out the number.
• The editor can save a new document as a BASIC program (^D), tells you
  why a save failed, and saves to the drive you selected.
• basic <line> now accepts up to 80 characters.

Fixed

• Loading from a real 1541 after run or basic could freeze the machine.
  So could fload and run <name>.
• A reset after run started the program again.
• Filename completion could stop working after an ls.
• ls printed nothing for an empty drive; it now says no disk.
• Typing at the end of a file in the editor put the cursor in the wrong place.

Changed

• ls colours files by what you can do with them: programs green, folders and
  disk images yellow.
• help is shorter. Commands it no longer lists, such as border and
  status, still work.

Known issues

• Fast loading from a real 1541 has so far only been tested in an emulator.
• On a Kung Fu Flash, rebooting sometimes leaves a black screen.

Images

file	machine	board
c64-tardis-dos-v0.3.16-for-onerom-fire-24-e.bin	C64 breadbin	One ROM Fire 24-E
c64-tardis-dos-v0.3.16-for-onerom-fire-24-f.bin	C64 breadbin	One ROM Fire 24-F
c64c-tardis-dos-v0.3.16-for-onerom-fire-28-a.bin	C64C	One ROM Fire 28-A
c64c-tardis-dos-v0.3.16-for-onerom-fire-28-c.bin	C64C	One ROM Fire 28-C
tardis-c128-v0.3.16-for-onerom-fire-28-c.bin	C128 (C64 mode)	One ROM Fire 28-C
tardis-dos-v0.3.16-easyflash.crt	any C64 including C64U	EasyFlash / Kung Fu Flash