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HD INSTALLER FOR SWOS 96/97
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Using this program you can install Sensible World of Soccer onto your HD
This is version 2.0 of the installer. Now the code is completely
rewritten and it's based on original ssboot by Sensible Software
not on an old HD installer by Sentinel.
Features:
- SWOS 96/97 full version and update disks supported.
- easy way of installation (supplied installer script).
- an icon included.
Requirements:
- 3 meg of RAM (tested on 2MB Chip / 4MB Fast) on A1200 with FastMem,
on A1200 with Blizzard-IV 030 and A1200 with Blizzard 1240T-ERC.
- hard disk (if you haven't one, why have you downloaded it?)
Using:
First of all you have to have an "Installer" utility somewhere in your
system path. I think the best place for it is C: directory. Then you can
run installer script by clicking on an "SWOS Install" icon. Now you can
set the directory where the game should be installed, choose the version of
SWOS, insert SWOS disks and wait.
Disclaimer:
This program has been tested and it seems to work properly. However
authors are not responsible for any loss of data, damages to software or
hardware that may result directly or indirectly from the use of this
program. I can't guarantee, that my installer works with all (especially
pirated) versions of SWOS. However it should work with originals. And
remember, if you really believe in Amiga and you want software companies to
continue developing their Amiga products, please, buy the original.
ADVERTISEMENT
If you are a fan of SWOS try to download SWOS data editor. It's available
in Aminet /pub/aminet/game/patch/SWOSEd.lha. It's worth a look! Download it!
MC68040 PROBLEMS
Previous versions of the installer caused SWOS to run in slow motion
on MC68040 processors. It's fixed now, but you mustn't run SetPatch
before running SWOS. I suggest to prepare a boot disk as described
below.
CORRUPTED DISPLAY
SWOS comes to you in two versions: for ECS/OCS and AGA machines. AGA
version may produce corrupted display under some conditions. If you have
this problem on your machine, try running SWOS from a boot disk. It worked
on my computer.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Don't format, delete or do whatever with your original SWOS disks.
Sometimes you'll have to insert these disk to floppy drive (when you
start training for example). I have tried but I can't do anything to fix
this.
BOOT DISK
Even if your Amiga has 6MB of RAM, sometimes SWOS can't be loaded properly
because of memory fragmentation, an error message appears, or ECS/OCS
version is loaded even if you have an AGA machine. How to solve this
problem? Very simple. Prepare a special boot disk.
1. Format a diskette and make it bootable (use C:Install command)
2. Create a drawer called "s" on this disk
3. Create a file called "startup-sequence" in this drawer using your
favourite text editor. It should look like this:
---
Cd Work:Games/SWOS ; specify a path where SWOS is installed on your HD here
ssboot swos
---
4. Every time you want to play SWOS, boot your Amiga from this boot disk.
WWW PAGE
If you have any problems using HD installer or you want take a look at my
other programs, you can access the following WWW pages.
http://www.pdi.net/~rafal/piotr/
Before you mail me, please, look for your answers there. I'll have more
time to write new programs! Thanks to Rafal Sanda for help with creating
this WWW page.
PUBLIC DOMAIN? SHAREWARE? FREEWARE? - NO, IT'S PRAYWARE!
What is prayware? Well, you can use this program without any restrictions,
freely copy it etc., but... you have to pray God for help for the new
Champions of Poland - Widzew Lodz - to play well and to be the champions of
Poland again. That's all.
THANKS
I'd like to thank Sven Goehler. He helped me to fix the bugs in SWOS 95/96
installer (it didn't work on non-AGA machines).
Thanks also for Dominic Cresswell, Mariusz "Maksiu" Sikorski and Matt
Holliday for help with writing an installer for 96/97 version.
Thanks to Piotr Cieniak. I got many signals from Blizzard users, that they
can run only ECS version of the game even on AGA machines, but I couldn't
fix this, since I don't have Blizzard. Piotr owns this turbo card and let
me test my HD installer on his machine.
Greetings to all registered users of SWOS Ed.
Piotr Bieniek
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Amiga 1200T/040/40 MHz/6MB RAM/HD/CD
adam@chemul.uni.lodz.pl
bieniek@krysia.uni.lodz.pl
http://www.pdi.net/~rafal/piotr/
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