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IPatch - Interrupt patch 3.3
(C) 1993 Arthur Hagen
FreeWare - *ArtWare
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[ This advertising space is for sale]
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Yet another useless ArtWare-utility. This one works only for
kickstart 37.175, and will replace some of the default system
interrupt servers (which are about the most heavily used code on the
Amiga) with more optimised code doing excactly the same.
Some system speed increase when multitasking should be the result -
even more if you have available 32-bits ram. Note - the speed
increase will not be appearent or very low in speed-test-programs, as
these usually disables interrupts when testing the system perform-
ance.
IPatch should be totally transparent to the system, and should not
cause any other software to malfunction. No warrants given, though -
some badly written software may set the interrupt vectors in a non-
system-friendly way, and could cause problems.
IPatch WILL score "Enforcer-hits" and show altered vectors in virus-
test programs, but this is due to how IPatch does its job by patching
vectors.
To use IPatch, run it from CLI, or put it in your S:Startup-Sequence
or S:User-Startup. If you experience problems (gurus) with IPatch,
try SoftIPatch instead - this is a somewhat "kinder" version that
doesn't bang the hardware vectors at all. But it is a weeny bit
slower.
New in version 3.3 compared to 3.0:
Now there is a "HardIPatch" that should work with 3.0+ machines too.
Some routines speeded up.
New in version 3.0 compared to 2.9:
Optimised even further. Non-68010-equipped machines should benefit
most from the new code. Two more interrupts patched.
New in version 2.9 compared to 2.8:
A few cycles shaved off.
New in version 2.8 compared to 2.5:
Hardware interrupts somewhat faster.
Should work on 68000 machines, and also with the KS in RAM.
Thanks to Colin Plumb for an informative bug report.
Some bugfixes - don't remember what I did...
This program is FreeWare. And since you don't pay anything for it,
don't expect me to feel guilty if this program by accident causes
your machine to show pictures of your mother-in-law, or starts
calling every friendly nuclear launch silo with fake orders...
If you REALLY like this program, you can send me a pack of tobacco,
some beer, or your sister as payment. (If sisters are scarce, any
female relative between [legal age - fill in] and 40 will do.)
I can be reached at:
Rodeløkka (M)BBS, +47 22380949 (24 hours, F8N1, 300-18,000 bps),
user name ARTHUR HAGEN
or by good old-fashioned mail to this address:
Arthur Hagen
Skorkeberg Allé 13F
N-1440 DRØBAK, Norway
Enjoy,
*Art