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IMPORTANT!
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If you are having problems
Please note that we cannot guarantee that all programs and data files
on this disc will be useable on your system, indeed it is highly unlikely
that any system will be able to access or run *every* file on this CD.
There are several reasons for this:
1. RAM (Random Access Memory)
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The CDTV has 1Mb (Megabyte) of RAM, the Amiga CD³² has 2Mb of RAM. Other
Amiga/CD systems will have varying amounts of RAM.
Some programs will require more RAM than this (for example, one version of
UChess requires more than 12Mb of RAM!).
Expansion memory is available for most Amiga systems, please contact your
dealer, or Almathera for pricing.
2. Kickstart version
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The Amiga Operating System software is contained in a custom chip called
the Kickstart ROM. There are several versions of this depending on which
machine you have and how old it is. Current versions are:
1.2 - Older A500s. Not supported by CDPD
1.3 - A500s and CDTV
2.04 - A500 Plus, A600, A3000, etc.
3.0 - A1200,A4000, CD³²
Most software written to support 1.2 and 1.3 Kickstart will work on
the newer 2.04 and 3.0 versions, however, software written for higher
versions will in most cases NOT work with earlier ROM versions.
The A500,A1500,A2000 Amigas are upgradable to 2.04 Kickstart with a simple
ROM change. Contact your dealer or Almathera for further information.
The CDTV is upgradable to 2.04 Kickstart, however currently this upgrade
is only available to registered developers. Contact your local Commodore
office (In the UK, it's 0628 770088), and try and get this daft policy
changed.
3. Controllers/Keyboards/Other Add-ons
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Much of the software on this disk will work better with a mouse or trackball,
and a keyboard is strongly reccommended for many programs. Other programs
require specific hardware, such as floppy disk drives, hard disks, tapestreamers,
etc.
Despite this, some (albeit very few) programs on this disk may just not work.
There are tens of thousands of files on this disc and it is impossible for us
to test even a significant percentage of them. We cannot be held responsible for other
peoples bad programming.
Almathera cannot give any technical support for any of the public domain programs
contained on this CD. If you require help with a Public Domain program, read the
documentation and contact the author.
Please note that many programs are classified as 'Shareware'. If you like and
use these programs, you are morally obliged to register the software with
the author, usually requiring a small payment. Purchase of this disc does not
give you the right to use such software without the correct payments.