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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ReKick 39.64s
ReCode 39.6
ReKick ReKick
NAME
ReKick
VERSION
ReKick 39.64s by Thomas Kessler
Note: This ReKick version is only working with kickfiles which
were modified with 'KickShifter' by Martin Berndt for the
ShapeShifter Macintosh-II emulator by Christian Bauer.
SYNOPSIS
'ReKick [-[c|C|q|Q]] [filename]' - A tool to run special test
Kickstarts on A2000/A500/A600 machines
FUNCTION
ReKick is a tool for A2000, A500 and A600 systems with at least 1Meg
of AutoConfig RAM at $200000. It, along with the special kickstart
files designed for ReKick, will let developers and beta testers of
our new kickstarts boot into the kickstart.
ReKick does *NOT* require that the autoconfig memory be the first
board in the system and thus will work with systems that have
A2091 with RAM or A590 with RAM. (Since the drive part configured
before the RAM did...) Also, ReKick will fully configure the boards
using the new kickstart. This means that there are no limitations
to the type of boards that the system should correctly understand
with ReKick vs ROM kickstarts.
ReKick works by first checking to see if the system has memory
to support it. It will then check for a file in DEVS:Kickstart.
This file can be the coded original or a decoded ReCode-version.
After the file has been loaded and checked, ReKick will print a
notice and give you 3 seconds to abort the reboot. If you do not
reboot, you will be booted into the normal boot process of the
new, beta kickstart.
Since ReKick will quietly fail if there is no DEVS:Kickstart or
if you have already been ReKick'ed, it is very easy to just have
ReKick as the first line of the startup-sequence.
ReKick can also be started from Workbench. When started from
Workbench, it will take any command line parameters and it will
not give you a chance to abort it.
INPUTS
A valid kickstart file in DEVS:Kickstart or in the file name
given at the command line.
Supported parameters:
'-c' makes ReKick to ignore the kickfile-checksum
'-q' causes a quiet startup (no textoutput & waiting) but you can
stop the things of course by pressing ctrl-C
Both parameters may be combined like this: '-cq' or '-qc'
Crunched input:
Starting with 39.63 the kickfile may also be packed with the
PowerPacker by Nico François. You do NOT need the powerpacker.lib.
(File must start with 'PP20'.)
Starting with 39.64 the kickfile may also be packed with the FImp
FileImploder by A.J. Brouwer. You do NOT need the explode.lib.
The FImp crunches better and decrunches faster than the PPacker.
(File must start with 'IMP!'.)
If you specify a quiet startup using the '-q' parameter, the
flashing colors while decrunching won't be shown.
RESULTS
A system running the beta Kickstart
NOTE
This ReKick version is only working with kickfiles which were
modified with 'KickShifter' by Martin Berndt for the ShapeShifter
Macintosh-II emulator by Christian Bauer.
Due to the fact that you are not really in ROM with the kickstart,
and since this trick does not use the MMU (it works on 68000 machines)
the ROM is *not* write protected. Writes to ROM may well crash the
system.
Due to the methods required for BootMenu to operate, BootMenu may
not be possible with ReKick'ed machines.
Note that the command line parameter is only parsed for the
parameters 'c' and/or 'q' and that the rest of the commandline is
assumed to be a complete file name. This means that if you wish to
have the file "test disk:kickstart file" used you would use:
'ReKick test disk:kickstart file'
or 'ReKick -c test disk:kickstart file' without checksum-validating
or 'ReKick -q test disk:kickstart file' without textoutput and waiting
No quotes are required since it only takes the one filename.
ReCode ReCode
NAME
ReCode
VERSION
ReCode 39.6 by Thomas Kessler
SYNOPSIS
ReCode - A tool to decode special BETA-Kickstarts (use CLI/Shell!)
FUNCTION
ReCode is a tool for all those people who want to have their own
modified BETA-Kickstart without some requester or something other.
ReCode needs a 0.5Meg memory-block to load, decode and to save the
BETA-Kickstart. So you need an AMIGA with more than 512KB CHIP or
with enough FAST-Ram.
ReCode will quietly fail if some error appears. So check for enough
disk/hd/memory-space before running ReCode.
INPUTS
A coded BETA kickstart file as the first parameter and a destination
file name as second parameter given at the command line.
ReCode <sourcefile> <destinationfile>
RESULTS
A decoded beta Kickstart file
NOTE
Do *NOT* use spaces in the file names, because a space means the
end of the file name.