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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
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- Subject: Re: Is ShapeShifter ECS500+530/3.1 compatable?
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 96 18:11:46
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- :=Rob=: (rldickin@puc.edu) wrote:
- : Im trying to run ShapeShifter on my
- :
- : - Amiga 500 (1MB CHIP, ECS Agnus, ECS Denise, OS3.1)
- : - A530-Turbo (8MB FAST)
- :
- : but to no avail. It seems to be configured properly, I have a Mac IIfx
- : ROM image for it (512k). When I start it, it opens a solid grey screen
- : and thats it. It does nothing else but exit if I press the exit key
- : combination.
- :
- : I searched the guide file, and I found that the GVPCPUCtrl program wont
- : work with it, so I turned that off. I also turned off caches.
-
- Funny, I have almost the same setup as you (5MB Fast vs 8, and 2MB Chip vs 1)
- and had few problems getting ShapeShifter working. It worked fine with caches
- on, but GVPCPUCtrl did indeed screw things up (and _that_ is a pain). If I
- remember correctly, it was ShapeShifter 3.1 (unregistered) which I was using.
-
- I'd suggest you try to get hold of another Mac ROM, by fair means or foul -
- maybe I was just lucky with the one I "found". And no, sorry, I have no idea
- what ROM version I had - I only tried SS out of curiosity, and don't have it
- anymore...
-
- -- Mat.
-