<s>
The	B-Device
Final	I-Device
Cartridge	I-Device
III	I-Device
was	O
a	O
popular	O
extension	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
which	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
,	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Dutch	O
company	O
Riska	O
B.V.	O
Home	O
&	O
Personal	O
Computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offered	O
a	O
fast	B-Device
loader	I-Device
,	O
increasing	O
the	O
speeds	O
of	O
the	O
disk	O
drive	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
freezer	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
program	O
execution	O
to	O
be	O
stopped	O
to	O
be	O
resumed	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
featured	O
a	O
"	O
reset	O
"	O
button	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
freeze	O
"	O
button	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
LED	O
that	O
indicated	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
the	O
module	O
was	O
active	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
featured	O
a	O
"	O
Final	O
Kill	O
"	O
option	O
(	O
accessible	O
through	O
the	O
desktop	O
,	O
freezer	O
or	O
BASIC	O
)	O
which	O
disabled	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
's	O
functionality	O
and	O
booted	O
the	O
computer	O
to	O
unexpanded	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
needed	O
as	O
some	O
software	O
,	O
particularly	O
games	O
,	O
were	O
incompatible	O
with	O
fast-loaders	O
;	O
disabling	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
meant	O
it	O
never	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
unique	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
was	O
its	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
even	O
when	O
its	O
usefulness	O
remained	O
quite	O
limited	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
GUI	B-Application
environments	O
for	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unless	O
RUN/STOP	O
key	O
was	O
held	O
down	O
during	O
power-on	O
or	O
reset	O
,	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
presented	O
a	O
graphical	O
WIMP	B-Application
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	O
look	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	O
was	O
borrowed	O
from	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
1.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
load	O
new	O
GUI-based	O
utilities	O
from	O
disk	O
or	O
tape	O
,	O
though	O
these	O
remained	O
rare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
the	O
tools	O
in	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
ROM	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
useful	O
were	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
a	O
disk	O
file	O
management	O
utility	O
,	O
a	O
calculator	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
alarm	O
clock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
biggest	O
strength	O
of	O
this	O
particular	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
lies	O
in	O
the	O
built-in	O
machine	O
code	O
monitor	O
program	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
the	O
widest	O
range	O
of	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
text	O
and	O
sprite	O
dump	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
text	O
and	O
sprite	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
provided	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
which	O
contained	O
several	O
new	O
BASIC	O
programming	O
aids	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
RENUMBER	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
utility	O
commands	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
notable	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
DOS	O
"	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
give	O
Commodore	B-Device
DOS	I-Device
commands	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BASIC	O
commands	O
also	O
allowed	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
desktop	O
mode	O
,	O
or	O
start	O
the	O
machine-language	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
praised	O
the	O
original	O
Final	B-Device
Cartridge	I-Device
in	O
July	O
1987	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
outstanding	O
addition	O
to	O
any	O
Commodore	O
64	O
or	O
128	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
ca	O
n't	O
think	O
of	O
a	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
which	O
does	O
so	O
many	O
useful	O
things	O
for	O
the	O
average	O
home	O
computerist/programmer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
