THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO USE, RESULTS AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE PACKAGE IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND IF THE PACKAGE SHOULD PROVE
TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR OTHER REMEDIATION.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN THE AUTHOR BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
CAUSED IN ANY USUAL, SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY, ALSO IF THE OWNER OR A THIRD
PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.
This install applies to "Virtual Harmony" © 1994 Impact.
Requirements:
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This install requires WHDLoad to be in the path.
It can be found in the WHDLoad package.
To install from a different drive than DF0: select installation mode Expert.
The installed demo requires 0.5 MB ChipMem and 0.5 MB OtherMem
(+1.6 MB for preload).
It can be quit by pressing F10 (key can be changed with Tooltype "QuitKey=").
Features:
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- Full load from HD (real files!)
- All decrunchers (PowerPacker) relocated to fast memory
- OS stuff patched/recoded (CIA interrupts)
- Memory trashing fixed (fill routine called with $ffffffff for A+D ptr)
- DMA wait in replayer fixed (x8)
- Bplcon0 color bit fixes (x5)
- Intro can be skipped with CUSTOM1
- Memory check fixed
- NewIcon (created by me)
- Source code included as usual
- Quit option that works on 68000 machines (default key is 'F10')
I found this nice music disk yesterday when I was checking some old
demos. Since I liked it I decided to patch it. I first started to code
the patch using disk images but then decided to code a RawDIC imager
and made it a real file based patch. Code is quite good, except for the
memory check no major problems had to be fixed. The check for extended
memory wasn't exactly good, the code only checked fixed addresses which
meant real fast mem would not be detected. The demo also didn't work
correctly with 512k fake fast, it crashed when loading the first module.
I have fixed all these problems, this patch just needs 512k chip mem
and 512k fast mem to work.
The replayers used system-friendly CIA interrupts which I had to recode
using the hardware but that wasn't much of a problem. All data files have
been crunched with PowerPacker, I have relocated all decrunchers to
fast memory for better speed.
The music disk can be be downloaded here:
ftp://ftp.amigascne.org/pub/amiga/Groups/I/Impact_Dk/IMPACT_DK-VirtualHarmA.DMS
ftp://ftp.amigascne.org/pub/amiga/Groups/I/Impact_Dk/IMPACT_DK-VirtualHarmB.DMS
Enjoy this nicely presented music disk from HD, it features some nice calm
tunes.
Sting, 23-Sep-2013
Greetings to all in Scarab and Scoopex, the WHDLoad team, PMC,
Musashi5150, Skan, Slummy, Loaderror, Frequent, Wayne Kerr, Mr.Spiv,
Alpha One, CFou!, Paradroid and all the other usual suspects. :)
Special greetings to all Golf MK1 fans worldwide except those
lowlifes who "borrowed" my MK1 for a joyride!
Extra greetings to the usual suspects on #amigascne, see you all at
Revision 2014! :)
History:
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version 1.02 (03.01.2014)
- fixed memory trashing caused by incorrectly called fill routine,
thanks to Wepl for the report (issue #2883)
- intro can be skipped with CUSTOM1 now
version 1.01 (29.09.2013)
- fixed problem with freezing after into part (issue #2873)
- level 6 interrupt problem fixed
version 1.00 (23.09.2013) done by StingRay:
- initial release
- source code included
Contact:
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If you have problems with this installation please try and get a newer
version of this package from the WHDLoad WWW-Page. If that doesn't help try
some Tooltypes like NOCACHE, NOAUTOVEC, EXPCHIP, NOMMU, PAL or NTSC. If
that also fails, please inform the author via the Bug-Report-Form which
can be accessed on the WHDLoad WWW-Page.
For the full WHDLoad package, other installs and updates refer to:
http://www.whdload.de/
or aminet:dev/misc/whdload#?
and aminet:game/patch/ |
