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FALCON BOOT
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Version 1.2
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A FALCON FREEBIE!!
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Ok folks, I wrote a rough version of this program the day I got my FALCON.
It simply turned off the internal speaker after the fright I got when the
music in lotus turbo 3 came pounding out that infernal speaker.
The program on the disk installs a boot sector onto the disk in drive A.
Simply reboot and it gives you the following options:-
1 - Disable the 68030's INSTRUCTION cache.
2 - Disable the 68030's DATA cache.
3 - Disable the 68030's MMU.
4 - Turn down volume of Falcons internal speaker.
5 - Quit and run a bootsector
6 - Quit and bypass hard drive.
7 - Quit and continue as normal.
Sorry for the rather brief text in the bootsector but when you have got less
than 500 bytes to play around with, something has to go. Of course if
something like this was built into the ROM (like in the A1200) then we would
not have any problems with space ;)
For best results try to leave both the caches switched on.
Most ST games will need the MMU switched off(see below for problems).
The sound chip will still cause problems but apart from modifying the game
there are no solutions at the moment :(
For some strange reason the operating system grinds to a halt when the MMU
is disabled so its best to run boot disks like No second prize and hunter.
If you do have to use GEM then moving the mouse will speed things up.
The program won't work on any other machine, it does this by checking the
cookie jar for a '_MCH' entry if present then a value of $30000 indicates
that the machine is a falcon.
If you want to contact me then write to :- Mike Watson,
42 Gilmore Place,
Edinburgh,
SCOTLAND,
EH3 9NQ
************************** SOME OF THE GAMES TESTED **************************
3D POOL
ARCHER MACLEANS POOL
BUGGY BOY
CLOUD KINGDOMS - RUNS IN A FRAME!!
CRACKDOWN
DRAGON BREED
ELITE
FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX - YEAH!!
GAUNTLET 2
GHOSTS & GOBLINS
GODS (DEMO) - RELEASE CRASHES IN DIGI MUSIC
HAWKEYE
HUNTER
KICK OFF 2 - TOO FAST TO BE PLAYABLE
KNIGHTS OF THE SKY - IS MUCH MORE PLAYABLE!!
MIG 29 SUPER FULCRUM
MOONSHINE RACERS - THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS A *BIG* IMPROVEMENT
MOONSHINE RACERS (DEMO)
NIGEL MANSELLS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
NITRO
NO SECOND PRIZE - DAMN COOL AS WELL B) (HAPPY GUY WITH SUNGLASSES!!)
P47
PACMANIA
PARASOL STARS
QUARTZ
R-TYPE
ROBOZONE
RODLANDS
SPEEDBALL 2
STARGLIDER 2
U.N SQUADRON
VIRUS
Feel free to add to the list....
********************************** HISTORY ***********************************
Version 1.1 released - 29/04/1993
More games now work. How? Well the 68030 has a built in MMU which can be used
to protect memory (essential when you are multi-tasking) but since most ST
games like to grab all of the RAM the MMU gets a bit upset and the machine
crashes. The new option toggle MMU allows you to overcome this.
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Version 1.2 released - 02/05/1993
A small 'bugette' fixed and the option to turn either or both of the caches
has been added.
Disable speaker changed to turn down volume instead. This cannot be 'un done'
by ST programs that poke the sound chip illegally.(unlike a straight disable
of the speaker).
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