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- Changes to v2.1 (06/12/95)
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- * Corrected problem with hard drive size limitation... however...
- ALL AMIGADOS PARTITIONS *MUST* BE RE-FORMATTED AND SETUP.
- Unfortunately, there is no way around this. HardFiles still work
- as before.. this effects ONLY standard partitions.
-
- You can create a HardFile, backup your existing partition(s) using
- the older (v2.0) software, install this new version, setup the
- partition, and then restore the original files from the HardFile to
- the newly setup partition. Yes, it is a pain, but there is no
- way to implement the new (better) code without this hassle.
-
- * New empdisc.device. Due to various problems with users trying to
- setup a controlling SCSI device with empdisc.device, things have
- changed to make it easier. In your s:startup-sequence, locate the
- line 'BindDrivers' and add the following line BEFORE it.
-
- setenv CD_Control "xxxx.device"
-
- ...where the "xxxx.device" is the name of your SCSI controller's
- device driver. Examples would be:
-
- setenv CD_Control "warpdrive.device" ...for WARP Engine boards
- setenv CD_Control "gvpscsi.device" ...for GVP SCSI controllers
- setenv CD_Control "IVS_SCSI.device" ...for IVS SCSI controllers
- setenv CD_Control "scsi.device" ...for CBM SCSI controllers
-
- It is VERY IMPORTANT that you put double-quote ("") marks around the
- device name.
-
- * Added parallel port (printer) support. You can now print under
- DOS and Windows, including PostScript (requires appropriate printer
- driver software for the PC side).
-
- * New uuibios.library. Added enhanced support for CD-ROM drives.
- When using EMPCDROM.SYS (our PC sided CD-ROM driver), the I: option
- is no longer required. If you do not specify a controlling SCSI
- device driver, the default driver setup with the SETENV (see above)
- will be used. This allows SCSI device drivers that have names
- that are both upper and lower case to work. Unless you want
- to deliberately over-ride the default controlling SCSI device
- driver, we recommend that you omit the I: option.
-
- * New EMPANSI.SYS. Corrected a problem with ANSI color sequences.
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- * New EMPCDROM.SYS. Added support for using default SCSI device
- driver when the I: option is not used.
-
- * Corrected problems with EMM386. MemMaker works properly now.
- If you can help it, do not use EMM386. There is NO advantage
- of using it other than having slightly more standard memory.
- The speed of the emulation will drop to 30% of the normal
- speed when the PC's MMU is enabled. We are going to start
- using the Amiga's MMU to emulate the PC's MMU, which will
- return the speed back to normal (but that *will* require a
- machine with an MMU).
-
- * Seperated MMU and protected mode code. Any application
- running in protected mode (DOOM, DARK FORCES, WOLF3D, etc.)
- will run faster than before.
-
- * Corrected interrupt swamping problem. Those that had
- 'Internal Stack Overflow' messages should be thrilled. :-)
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