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-
- Mega_Boot V1.30 By PIQ of Vortex 42
- "Virus Protector/Boot Utility"
-
- Kick Version 1.2 and 1.3
-
- Documentation By Starfighter of S.O.S and PIQ
-
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-
- Mega_Boot Menu:
- To enter the Mega_Boot Menu just press left mousebutton while booting.
- You will then be presented with a Menu with 6 different choices.
- Here follows a short description of these choices.
-
- [F1]: Will remove the external memory at $c00000-$c7ffff
- [F1] will cause an HardReset, so you must remove fastmem before you remove
- external drives.
-
- [F2]: Will remove DF1:,DF2:,DF3: if present.
-
- Both F1 & F2 will stay removed until a HardReset is made. When these two
- has been removed or dosen't exist the text in the menu will be tilted.
-
- [F3]: Will copy memory location $00000-$30000 to $40000-$70000
- (Good crack-tool!)
-
- [F4]: Will make a HardReset. It's the same as turning the Amiga off/on.
-
- [F5]: Will prepare the normal three reset (Ctrl,L Amiga,R Amiga) to do a
- HardReset when pressed. Good to get out of reset protected programmes.
-
- [F6]: Will do a normal boot.
-
- =============================================================================
-
- I think this Boot program is the best one around (NO, I wasn't payed off
- by PIQ to say that). But there is more to this Boot program than meets
- the eye. There is a special Virus protector to ensure that you will have a
- Virus free computer. The Virus protector can also deal with the new startup-
- sequence virus(The so called IRQ virus).
-
- To get this you will have to copy the Mega_Boot program that exists on the
- disk as a normal file. Then put it first (it MUST be first to deal with the
- new startup-sequence virus!) in your startup-sequence.
-
- It's only 4k so it won't take up that much disk space. Then when you boot a
- disk the Mega_Boot will check the disk's bootsector and examine the startup
- -sequence. If the bootsector isn't Mega_Boot V1.30 it is probably Virus -
- Infected.
-
- Then you will be presented with a alert-prompt that ask's you if you want
- to install the Mega_Boot on the disk again. If you answer yes, the program
- will destroy any Virus in memory first and then install the disk. If you
- answer no then the startup will continue as normal and any possible Virus
- in memory will NOT be destroyed.
-
- A very simple way to get the Mega_Boot V1.30 on your disk is to first copy
- the Mega_Boot program to the disk you want to install it on. Then write
- Mega_Boot FIRST in your startup-sequence and boot the disk.
- Mega_Boot program MUST be placed in the root library.
-
- When the Mega_Boot program then is activated it will test the bootsector and
- find that it isn't the Mega_Boot V1.30 and you will be presented with the
- prompt as described above. Just answer yes and your disk will have this
- marvellous Mega_Boot V1.30 program on it.
-
- ============================================================================
-
- Startup_virus(IRQvirus):
-
- A new generation of virus is here. The first none-bootblock virus is spread
- in the following way. It checks the c directory for the Dir command and if
- it finds Dir it will add itself to the Dir command. That way every time you
- type 'Dir' it will activate itself. If Dir dosen't exits or Dir is already
- infected with the Virus it then reads the startup-sequence and gets the first
- filename and load that file, then it adds the virus to the file and rewrites
- the file on disk.
-
- If you want Mega_Boot V1.30 to work with the new startup-sequence Virus you
- must write Mega_Boot as the first file-name in startup_sequence. If that is
- done Mega_Boot V1.30 will remove the virus from itself and the virus in the
- c/dir program if they are infected.
-
- Note: (Only Startup-Virus)
- Mega_Boot will not work if the disk was infected before you installed Mega
- -Boot on the disk.
-
- ============================================================================
-
- Revision V1.30 890104
-
- This revision is made because of the present new kickstart (V1.3).
- The previous version of Mega_Boot (1.20) will not work in kickstart V1.3
- because of direct-addressing to rom in boot-sector.
- (This was done to save memory...)
-
- This new version works in both Kick 1.2 and Kick 1.3, but some handling
- notes should be in place.
-
- If you install Mega_Boot in Kickstart 1.2 mode that disk will only boot
- in Kickstart 1.2 mode.
- If you try to boot a 1.2 Version in 1.3 mode, the screen flashes red and a
- reset is done. (It will repeat itself until you remove the disk)
-
- To convert a Kick 1.2 version to Kick 1.3 do the following:
-
- Boot Amiga in Kickstart 1.3
- Boot a other disk and go to CLI. Insert disk to be converted unprotected
- in df0: and type: df0:Mega_Boot , Then press left mousebutton when you
- get a prompt (Bootblock is not Mega_Boot V1.30....) and the conversion is
- finished. It will now work only in kickstart 1.3
-
- ============================================================================
-
- That's all from us. We hope you'll enjoy this little hack. WE SURE DO!
-
- And remember MegaBoot must be placed first in the startup-sequence or else
- it will not work against the new Startup-Virus(IRQ virus).
-
- ALL CONTACTS TO VORTEX 42 AND IPEC ELITE NOTE THAT THERE IS A COOPERATION AND
- WE WANT THE GREETINGS IN THE FOLLOWING WAY:
-
- VORTEX 42 & IPEC ELITE
- OR
- IPEC ELITE & VORTEX 42
- IT DOESN'T MATTER IN WHAT ORDER.GREETINGS TO ALL CONTACTS
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