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- * MAGXFAST.040 - a config file for loading MagiC 4.02 into FastRAM.
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- Once configured, place the driver in the auto folder like this:
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- XBOOT.PRG boot manager - FastRAM flags _MUST_ be set!
- 68040DRV.PRG 68040 driver - FastRAM flags _MUST_ be set!
- MAGXBOOT.PRG MagiC booter - FastRAM flags _MUST_ be set!
- 68882.PRG 68882 emulator (if required)
- .... everything else comes afterwards
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- Notes for MagiC/FastRAM users:
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- ~ Nothing must be allowed to run BEFORE either 68040DRV.PRG or MAGXBOOT.PRG
- unless it uses _nothing but_ FastRAM. Use of ST-Ram is strictly off bounds
- until 68040DRV.PRG is executed for the SECOND TIME. I.E. after MAGXBOOT
- performs it's usual warm reset. The reason for this is complicated, but
- if it is not adhered to, the machine will corrupt it's own PMMU tables
- and won't even get as far as the desktop.
-
- ~ If you can't get it working, remove XBOOT (or whatever you use as a
- boot manager), and everything else that you may have set up to run BEFORE
- the 68040DRV.PRG patch program. If it still doesn't work, then read the
- 'MC68040 ToolKit troubleshooting guide' supplied with this package.
-
- ~ There may be occasional problems when attempting a warm boot after MagiC
- has loaded. If this happens (black screen, or rubbish), then just resort
- to a cold start by powering off and let MagiC load again from scratch. It
- doesn't happen very often, but can be annoying when it does.
-
- ~ If you use Floppy disk or SCSI-based disk drives, and you have some
- FastRAM installed, then you are strongly advised to use either the
- 'Buffer Internally' button or an XFRB option in either your disk driver
- software or 68040DRV.PRG. It is not necessary to enable both, but it
- won't do any harm if you do. If you do not use an XFRB option under MagiC,
- and you have not forced all of your Floppy disk/SCSI drive letters to be
- DMA/FRB compliant, then it is very likely that 'interesting things' will
- happen to files held on these drives! Be warned!
-
- ~ If you DON'T have FastRAM, then you shouldn't try to use this file. You
- should use the MAGX.040 configuration file (described below) instead.
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- * MAGX.040 - configuration file for using MagiC in normal RAM.
-
- For a non-FastRAM MagiC setup, place the programs in the auto folder
- like this:
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- XBOOT.PRG boot manager
- MAGXBOOT.PRG MagiC booter
- 68040DRV.PRG 68040 driver - configured with the MAGX.040 file
- 68882.PRG 68882 emulator (if required)
- .... everything else comes afterwards
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- Notes for non-FastRAM MagiC users:
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- ~ All problems relating to FRB/SCSI/Floppy disk issues are irrelevant
- if you do not have FastRAM installed. For this reason, many of the
- problems indicated above are not applicable.
-