<s>
The	O
ISEPIC	B-Device
from	O
Starpoint	O
Software	O
in	O
USA	O
is	O
an	O
extension	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
June	O
1985	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
memory	B-Error_Name
dump	I-Error_Name
software	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
implementation	O
scheme	O
or	O
storage	O
medium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapshots	O
require	O
ISEPIC	B-Device
to	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
vanished	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1985	O
but	O
still	O
sold	O
20,000	O
units	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
mostly	O
by	O
word	O
of	O
mouth	O
at	O
local	O
computer	O
clubs	O
and	O
niche	O
magazines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
October	O
1985	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
ramifications	O
of	O
 [ ISEPIC ] 	O
are	O
startling	O
,	O
to	O
say	O
the	O
least	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
warning	O
readers	O
against	O
violating	O
copyright	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
discussed	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
's	O
ability	O
to	O
both	O
produce	O
snapshots	O
that	O
required	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
to	O
boot	O
,	O
and	O
help	O
users	O
modify	O
snapshots	O
to	O
produce	O
standalone	O
versions	O
of	O
programs	O
(	O
"	O
In	O
the	O
tradition	O
of	O
the	O
true	O
hacker	O
,	O
these	O
routines	O
also	O
display	O
the	O
Isepic	B-Device
logo	O
while	O
booting	O
the	O
program	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
two	O
other	O
memory	O
dumpers	O
in	O
March	O
1986	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
superior	O
:	O
"	O
While	O
ISEPIC	B-Device
did	O
not	O
do	O
bad	O
as	O
a	O
forerunner	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
measure	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
products	O
reviewed	O
here	O
"	O
which	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
improvements	O
,	O
produced	O
standalone	O
snapshots	O
.	O
</s>
