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ShowCARDs version 1.40, © 1990 by Robert Wilcox 8/30/90
ShowCARDs may be freely distributed as long as only a small (if any)
charge is made to cover costs. The executable file is not to be
altered. I reserve the right to limit the distribution of any later
version of ShowCARDs. Attempts by third parties to limit or redefine this
distribution are null and void.
This software is provided "as is". Although every effort has been
made to have it function in accord with this document, the author
shall not be responsible for problems users may experience with it.
Description
ShowCARDs is a utility which is useful for identifying the Auto-Config
cards installed on an Amiga without having to go under the hood. ShowCARDs
examines each card on the expansion bus (starting at the CPU slot on a
A2000 and working left towards the power LED). Presently, ShowCARDs
identifies approximately 3 dozen expansion cards by manuafacturer and
product name. Certain products like the Spirit boards for the A1000, do
not use Auto-Config and thus are only indirectly detected in terms of the
presence of additional memory.
ShowCARDs displays information which _may_ be of use in building a
CardROMList for use with Dave Haynie's SetCPU. Although ShowCARDs
displays information for each card in the format required for a
CardROMList, the address space of expansion memory boards is added to the
system free memory list and I can see no advantage in the use of
CardROMList entrys for these expansion memory cards. Use of FastMemFirst
will favor the on-board 32-bit ram over the 16-bit variety in the case of
an A2630. It turns out that some cards and software drivers (the Supra
WordSynch for instance) automagically seek out 32-bit RAM and relocate the
ROM image there. Using the CARDROM option of SetCPU under these
circumstances actually caused a slight performance decrease (measurable
using DiskSpeed version 3.0).
If you send me MAIL showing a dump from ShowCARDs and you identify any
unknown cards, I can expand the list of recognized cards. Thanks to
PeopleLinks NES*BILL and STEVEX for assistance in testing version 1.40.
Features:
* Reports KickStart, Exec, and WorkBench versions.
* Identifies CPU
* Identifies FPU
* Identifies Video Mode
* Identifies 32-bit address space for recognized cards
* Identifies cards which have a relocated ROM image
* Reports amounts of chip, fast, and slow/fast ram
* Recognizes more cards
Usage
To run ShowCARDs, just type 'ShowCARDs<cr>' at the CLI prompt.
Revision History
1.40
* Reports KickStart, Exec, and WorkBench versions.
* Detects A3000 RAM
* Highlites cards most suitable for CardROMList experiments
* Bug Fix - now tests for slow/fast memory up to 1.5 meg
* Removed broken ECS detection code
1.32
* Denise Chip detected
1.31
* Bug Fix - ROM Size was truncated in earlier versions
1.3
* Recognizes CPU
* Recognizes FPU
* Recognizes Video Mode
* Identifies 32-bit address space for recognized cards
* Identifies cards which have a relocated ROM image
1.2:
* Changed method of calculation of ROM size
* Displays total memory added to Free List by autoconfig cards
* Displays Agnus size
* Tests for presence of slow memory at C00000
Please report any bugs or unknown cards to:
Robert Wilcox
PLINK Bob*CT BIX rwilcox CIS 70107,717