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- FALCON BOOT
- ===========
-
- Version 1.2
- ===========
-
- 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.
-
- ******************************************************************************
-
- 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).
-
- ******************************************************************************
-