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- Fast2Pub v1.0 User's Manual
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- F2P v1.0
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- Copyright © 1993 David Bryson
- All rights reserved
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- Release date June 4, 1993
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- FREEWARE
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- User Manual
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- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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- F2P software and documentation are © 1993 by David Bryson
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- DISCLAIMER
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- F2P has been proven by testing to be stable in everyday use. The
- author is not responsible for any loss of data, damages to
- software or hardware that may result directly or indirectly from
- the use of this program. The author reserves the right to make
- changes to the software or documentation without notice.
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- PREFACE
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- This program is freeware, this means that you can copy it
- freely as long as you don't ask any more money for it than a
- nominal fee for copying. If you want to distribute this program
- you should keep this document with it. This program cannot be
- used for commercial purposes without written permission from the
- author.
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- I hereby grant permission for this program to be used in
- public-domain collections such as Fred Fish's Amiga Library.
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- Introducing Fast2Pub (F2P)
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- F2P is a small utility coded completely in assembly language
- which will convert FAST hunks in a given executable into PUBLIC
- hunks. If you only have CHIP MEMORY, you cannot run programs
- containing FAST hunks - the system will respond with a
- 'not enough memory available' error. F2P will fix these
- executables.
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- A classic example of a program which uses FAST hunks is my
- Lemmings 2 demo! The reason why it contained a FAST hunk was
- an inability for the assembler to use a PUBLIC hunk (Don't worry
- I now use DevPac3!) I initially intended to write this just to
- fix this program, but I felt like making this a more flexible
- and useful utility, since I've not seen any utility that does
- this.
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- System requirements
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- F2P should run on any Amiga (>V1.2). If it doesn't run on your
- machine please contact me!
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- About the program
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- If you have suggestions or remarks about this program, or if
- you find any bugs, please let me know.
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- When sending in bug reports, please state exactly under what
- circumstances the bug occurred, what equipment was used and what
- happened. If possible also try to give me enough information to
- reproduce the bug. It is very difficult to find bugs when you
- don't know exactly what happened.
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- If you're interested in the assembly source for this utility,
- just e-mail me and I'll send you a copy!
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- Write to the following address:
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- David Bryson
- 9 Castle Terrace
- Tayport
- FIFE DD6 9AG
- Scotland
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- e-mail: ceedb@vaxb.hw.ac.uk
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- Usage
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- You should only use F2P from the CLI.
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- The format of the command is:
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- F2P <executable file>
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- If the executable file contains FAST hunks, the program will
- convert them into PUBLIC hunks, and update the file.
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- However, if it contains no FAST hunks, the program will tell you
- and the file will not be changed.
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- It's as simple as that!
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- Have fun!
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- Dave.
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- ************* IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL SYS-OPS ************
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- The Lemmings 2 demo from DMA Design
- (featuring the Terminator 2 style Lemming)
- does NOT run on Amigas with CHIP ram only.
- To rectify this, please run this program on
- the executable file.
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- Thanks!
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