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- From: dave@xanadu.reston.ingr.com (Dave Loveall)
- Subject: SetPatch Specifics - Was (Re: WB2.1 install disk crashes)
- Message-ID: <dave.726292907@xanadu>
- Sender: usenet@ne3005.reston.ingr.com (Usenet Administrator)
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- Organization: Intergraph Corp. Federal Systems Division, Reston VA
- References: <1993Jan04.185107.23993@zds-oem.zds.com> <1993Jan5.123157.24363@walter.cray.com>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 04:01:47 GMT
- Lines: 77
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- In <1993Jan5.123157.24363@walter.cray.com> aaw@cray.com (Andy Wolff) writes:
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- >In article 23993@zds-oem.zds.com, easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan4.105808.11661@walter.cray.com> aaw@cray.com writes:
- >>>Has anyone besides me had this problem? I just installed the WB2.1 upgrade on my
- >>>A3000 which still uses the "superkickstart" (non-ROM). I found that booting off the
- >>>install disk (which is required to perform the installation) always crashed the
- >>>machine with a software error. I eventually discovered that the SetPatch program
- >>>on the install disk was the cause. After replacing it with the old 2.04 version of
- >>>SetPatch I was able to complete the installation. The dealer who sold me the upgrade
- >>>said they hadn't seen this problem before. Is there a newer version of the 2.04
- >>>kickstart than the one I have (which came directly from C=)?
- >>
- >> I have an A3000/16 with soft kicked ROM's. I installed the 2.1 upgrade
- >>right after Thanksgiving and it went smoothly. I did exactly what you did,
- >>booted the install disk.
- >>
- >> How old is your A3000? A wild guess is that if you have the older
- >>"roms in a tower" version, the boot roms might be different than mine.
- >>
-
- >I suppose my A3000 is relatively old; I bought it back when they had the "power up"
- >deal from the 2000/2500 to A3000. I haven't done much poking around inside it except
- >to install some extra RAM, but since I most likely have the same 2.04 kickstart as
- >everybody else I guess the boot ROM could be the culprit. I'm curious if anyone knows
- >what the mysterious undocumented SetPatch does. I noticed that the 2.1 version is
- >considerably larger than the old one.
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- >>
- >>--
- >> ___ ___ Jeff Easton easton@zds-oem.zds.com
- >> (__ (__ Zenith Data Systems j.easton@mi04.zds.com
- >> ___) ___) Saint Joseph, Mich. easton@andrews.edu
- >>
- >>Monte Carlo Z-LS/20 - Choice of a quiet generation
- >>
-
- >Andy Wolff
- >aaw@cray.com
-
- Try typing "setpatch" at a shell prompt. With my configuration, I get:
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- Amiga Operating System
- Copyright (c) 1985-1992 Commodore-Amiga Inc.
- All Rights Reserved.
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- SetPatch (V38.31) has already been installed. Patch list:
- Released extra A2024 buffers
- Moved CIA handlers to priority 0
- Console CMD_CLEAR
- Console Bell
- DOS Flush()
- Blitter interrupts
- 150RPM HD Floppies
- Intuition IAddress change
- Fixed Line-A exception vector
- Monitor database
- NMI Hardware patch
- DOS Open()
- SCSI Open()
- Shared Semaphores
- Graphics Set/LoadRGB4
- Fix for old 1010 drives
- Enabled data cache
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- Your mileage may vary, Void where prohibited, etc.. :-)
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