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--- tips_tricks [2026/07/19 01:26] – fritigern
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-====== TIPS & TRICKS FOR ULTIMATE DEVICES ======
+===== TIPS & TRICKS FOR ULTIMATE DEVICES =====
 <wrap lo>A selection of quick tips and tricks to make your life with your ultimate device even more fun!</wrap>
   * Experiencing garbled text and/or graphics in a demo or game? Check the ''TURBO BOOST'' settings and make sure to have set it to <key>OFF</key>. Even having Turbo set to 'Manual' mode, at only 1 MegaHertz, can throw off the timings needed for these games or demos to be displayed properly.
-  * CommoServe hack to include 'assembly64' - See [[:software_modifications_for_c64u#commoserve_hack_to_include_assembly64]]
+  * CommoServe hack to include 'Assembly64' - See [[:software_modifications_for_c64u#commoserve_hack_to_include_assembly64]]
+  * It has been reported that a USB thumb drive is about 3 times faster than an SD card. So if loading speeds are important to you, use a USB "stick" for loading larger amounts of data
+  *  {{ image:ultimate_mod_player_.png?direct&100|}}  Did you know that you can play Amiga style .MOD files on your Ultimate device? If you don't have any mod files yet, start at https://modarchive.org/ and download a .mod file of your liking. IMPORTANT: Only .mod files will work. Other formats, like .xm, .it, .s3m, etc. are not compatible with your Ultimate device.
+  * If you have software (usually a demo) that refuses to work on your Ultimate device, make sure to do the following:
+    * Turn Turbo Boost <key>OFF</key>
+    * Set Drive A to 1541 mode
+    * Disable Drive B
+    * Disable IEC drive
+    * Disable IEC printer
+    * If using a fastloader (i.e., JiffyDOS), make sure to disable that too.