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- KillAGA V2.0 22/May/1993
- ---------------------------
-
- Written by Jolyon Ralph, Almathera Systems Ltd.
-
- This program is *PUBLIC DOMAIN*. It may be freely distributed
- in any way as long as
-
- a) The executable file (KillAGA) and this text file remain unaltered.
- b) This file is distributed with the KillAGA program.
- c) It is not used as part of a commercial product without my express
- permission.
-
- If you want to include this on a commercial product or a magazine
- coverdisk, please email me at the address below to ensure you
- have the latest version:
-
- If you like this product and really insist on sending me something,
- then send me your Our Price CD receipts, or WHSmiths free CD
- stickers so I can get some free CDs....
-
-
- What does it do?
- ----------------
-
- This program allows you to run old, badly written, programs (mainly
- demos and some games) from your A1200/4000 hard disk without having
- to continually reboot and switch chip settings. On return from
- the program the system returns to full AGA state!
-
- While loading your program the screen goes black, so don't panic!
-
-
- How does it do it?
- ------------------
-
- It fixes three major problems with running old demos on new AGA
- machines.
-
- 1. AGA Chipset registers - These are temporarily disabled while running
- KillAGA. *FAR* more old demos and games work now..
-
- 2. Sprite resolution - Sprites are forced back to standard ECS resolution
-
- 3. Caches - All processor caches are disabled, and restored to the
- original state on exiting KillAGA
-
-
- How do you use it?
- ------------------
-
- It's simple. Use from the CLI (or a ICONX script file):
-
- killaga <programname>
-
- Just type killaga followed by the program name from the CLI
- (unlike the RUN command, it does not return until after your
- program has finished)
-
- Creating an ICON is just as easy.
-
- So, for example, to run dh0:demos/OldNaffDemo, you would create a text
- file containing
-
- killaga dh0:demos/OldNaffDemo
-
- and save that. Edit the icon tooltype to use C:ICONX as the default tool,
- and just double-click the icon.
-
-
- To call a program that requires CLI parameters, just enclose the string
- you would normally type in speech marks:
-
- killaga "mydemo 1 2 3 4 5 6"
-
-
- If, for some reason, you accidentally run KillAGA with an OS
- friendly program the screen may stay blank. Press Amiga-M or Amiga-N
- (the screen shuffle keys) to get your screens back. You should
- not use KillAGA with these kind of programs.
-
-
-
- What it *doesn't* do:
- ---------------------
-
- It *doesn't* give you fake fastram. Buy real fastram, it's
- the only way to get *fast* ram on an A1200. Chip ram is terribly
- slow. KillAGA 3 may well be able to give you *REAL* $c00000 memory
- for your A1200 or A4000 (although this will require an MMU, not
- present in standard A1200 or A4000/030)
-
- It *doesn't* yet have options to keep caches enabled. I guess
- some vector games/demos would be better with this...
-
- It doesn't do *ANY* illegal hardware access, all code is 100%
- OS friendly, so this should work on AAA (!!!!!).
-
- It *doesn't* work on any machine with Kickstart 1.x or 2.x, but
- you shouldn't need this anyway!
-
- It *doesn't* work with programs that set up their own background task
- and then quit (programs that immediately return to the CLI prompt
- before quitting - eg Protracker 3.01).
-
- It doesn't work with compiled AMOS programs. They open up an
- (almost) invisible Intuition screen to handle input, etc... This
- annoys KillAGA. Recompile AMOS programs with Amos 1.35 Compiler and
- you won't need to use KillAGA.
-
-
- Email to: jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk. for bug reports, information
- on new versions, etc....
-
- If you have found anything that still doesn't work with this, please
- tell me about it and I'll try and make KillAGA 3 fix the problem.
-
- Snail mail (and your receipts :) to:
-
- Jolyon Ralph,
- 81 Woodcote Grove Rd,
- Coulsdon, Surrey,
- CR5 2AL
-