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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MapROM
MapROM MapROM
NAME
MapROM - A Developer Tool for testing Kickstarts with the 3640 board
SYNOPSIS
MapROM <kickstartfile> [FORCE]
FUNCTION
MapROM is a tool that uses a feature of the A3640 (the Commodore
68040 CPU board in the A4000 and A3000/040 systems) to let developers
load disk-based kickstarts.
MapROM will check to see if you are already running the kickstart
that is contained in the file and if you have the memory required
for the kickstart. If the kickstart file is different than the
current kickstart, it will replace it and cause a system reboot.
Kickstarts loaded with MapROM do not go away until a full power down.
The FORCE option can be used to force a reload of a kickstart image
even if it is the same one.
MapROM does *NOT* use the MMU of the 68040 CPU but some special
hardware on the A3640 card.
INPUTS
FILE/A - Required file name. It should be the name of the
developer kickstart file for your machine. The A4000
and A3000 kickstarts are *different* and can not be
interchanged.
FORCE/S - An option to FORCE the reloading of the kickstart even
if it matches.
RESULTS
If the kickstart is new and has loaded successfully, the system will
reboot and use that kickstart. If not, MapROM quietly exits.
NOTES
In order for this tool to work correctly with other system tools
you should place it in the main C: directory. Various developer
tools will look for it there. (This is SYS:C)
Also, in order to use this tool, it *MUST* be run *ABSOLUTELY FIRST*
in the Startup-Sequence. It *MUST* come before SetPatch as it
must not have the MMU turned on. Since MapROM will either work
or quietly exit, there is no problem with doing this.
The standard setup is:
IF EXISTS C:MapROM
MapROM DEVS:Kickstart
ENDIF
SEE ALSO
Your developer non-disclosure agreement. This is a *developer only*
tool and is not to be released to the public in any way.
BUGS
None?