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- Quick ST - The Software Screen Accelerator
-
- This program is not public domain. It is for the sole use of the
- original purchaser, who may not distribute or resell it, and may
- only make copies for his or her personal use.
-
- (NOTE: Branch Always Software has a special offer for all START
- readers for an upgrade to the recently released Quick ST II. See
- the file UPGRADE.TXT on the May 1990 START Disk.)
-
- WHAT IS QUICK ST?
-
- Quick ST is a software accelerator. It speeds up many of the ST's
- text and graphics functions, so that screen-oriented programs run
- faster. This includes editors, word processors, spreadsheets,
- desktop publishing packages, most text-based programs, almost any
- GEM-based program, and even the ST's Desktop. Windows redraw
- faster, the screen scrolls faster, and text prints faster. A
- blitter chip is not required.
-
- Quick ST only accelerates programs that use TOS to perform screen
- output. This means that video games, emulators and other programs
- that bypass TOS will not be affected. Quick ST also does not have
- any effect on the speed of disk or math operations. Quick ST is
- fully compatible with hardware accelerator boards.
-
- Quick ST even makes up for the screen slowdown caused by GDOS.
- With both Quick ST and GDOS installed, the system will operate as
- fast as without GDOS. Desktop window updates can be two or three
- times faster. Try it!
-
- Quick ST is written entirely in assembly language, so it is very
- fast and small. Quick ST uses about 20K of memory. Separate
- color and monochrome versions keep the program as small as
- possible.
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- To install Quick ST on computers with both color and monochrome
- monitors, copy both QUICKSTM.PRG (the monochrome version) and
- QUICKSTC.PRG (the color version ) to the AUTO folder. The
- appropriate version will install automatically at boot time. On
- systems that have only one monitor, copy the appropriate file into
- the AUTO folder.
-
- When booting, Quick ST prints a copyright notice, the amount of
- RAM it uses and the computer's TOS version. Quick ST is
- compatible with all versions of TOS, including TOS on disk and TOS
- 1.6. A bell indicates that Quick ST has installed.
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