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@^@f04@t1@cSupercom Pro.1 Review




@f00@ta  Well  here  it is,the next generation
of  cartridge copiers.You may have seen
pictures   of  the  magicom  in  recent
magazines,  and this is a similar piece
of hardware kit.

  It  works  for  the Super Famicom (If
you   hadn't   already  guessed).   And
basically  what  you  do  is  plug your
latest  and  most  expensive  cartridge
(which  you  have  just  hired for 80p)
into   the  Supercom  which  is  itself
plugged  into  your  Jap  Famicom.  You
then  switch  on  and  select COPY CARD
from  a  menu  and within a minute your
new game is on disk.  The next stage is
to  take your cart back to the shop and
get a new one.
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@t1What do you get?
@ta  The   basic   kit   consists  of  the
Supercom, a  3.5" High Density drive, a
short  cable  to  connect the two and a
set of instructions in Japanese.  After
we've thrown the instructions away it's
time  to power up.  By the way the disk
drive  runs on a seperate power supply,
which  isn't  supplied.  But dont worry
its  the  same  as  the  Fami so buy an
identical  adaptor (one with a variable
output will do, but make sure it is set
on  the  correct  voltage  of 9V).  The
Supercom   plugs   directly   into  the
cartridge port of the Fami and measures
approx  15cm-18cm-4cm.   On the back of
the Supercom are two ports.  One is for
connecting to your disk drive the other
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@^@f00@tais  for  connecting  to  your PC XT/AT/
386/486  computer,  so you can download
games from your computer, which you had
previously  downloaded  from one of the
boards  which  have  console  sections.
When  we  have connected the disk drive
we can switch on.  A menu appears which
looks like this.......
                                         

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@t3             PLAY GAME FILE                   
             PLAY GAME CARD                   
             COPY GAME CARD                   
             RENAME FILE                      
             DELETE FILE                      
             FORMAT DISK                      
             LOAD GAME DATA                   
             SAVE GAME DATA                   
             COPY GAME FILE                   
                                         
    RAM:16M     CARD:8M     INT SRAM
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@^@taPlay  Game  File,  plays  a  previously
saved  game.   It  lists the files on a
disk  and  waits  for  you to pick one.
One  disk formatted to 2Mbytes(16Mbits)
will  hold  two  games, one 8Mb and one
4Mb.  Or three games each 4Mb.

Play Game Card, just plays the cart you
have plugged in at the time.

Copy  Game  Card,  copies the data from
the cart and puts it onto disk.

Rename, Delete (obvious).

Format,  formats  HD  disks  to 1.6 and
1.44 Mb.

Load  and  Save  Game  Data,  loads and
saves data which a cart may hold in its
memory    useing    a   battery.    eg.
SuperMarioLand   and  3D  golf.   After
playing,  turn  off  your  machine then
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turn  back  on  again  and
Save  Game  Data  to disk.
Next  time  you  play that
game,  load  up  the  game
data  before  you load the
game  file  (The  Supercom
has   a   battery   backup
system  built  in).   Copy
Game  File,  from one disk
to another so you can swap
with your friends....  All
in   all  a  very  usefull
piece  of  kit,  the price
only  200  pounds  and  no
need  to upgrade as it all
ready  has 16Mb of memory.
Enough   for  even  Street
Fighter II.

@t3          Written By Manny
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