FastLoad fenomen ma zaujal, tak som si nastudoval historiu [Fast loader | How do Fast Load Cartiridges actually work? | 1541 – Why so complicated].
Privadza ma do uzasu ze Commodore neboli schopni zahodit nespravne vytlacene plosne spoje (zmizli tam signaly pre HW okolo serioveho portu), nasledne neboli schopni nacas odladit softwarove riadenie seriovej komunikacie medzi pocitacom s klavesnicou a pocitacom v krabici s disketovou mechanikou a tak zmenili protokol a pridanim synchronizacie po kazdom prenesenom bite (bite, nie bajte) v podstate znicili vykon a spolahlivost disketovej mechaniky.
SW riesenia ako FastLoad tento SW problem neskor viac-menej uspesne vyriesili.
V clanku o TurboDisk fastloaderi ale pisu:
TurboDisk machine language in the computer reads the incoming data from the serial port's DATA and CLK lines, instead of just the DATA line as in normal serial data transfers. Thus, TurboDisk temporarily converts your serial drive into a two-bit parallel drive.