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- PaCifiST Dragon 1.25 R3
- =======================
-
- PaCifiST Dragon is a Windows95-frontend for PaCifiST, the best Atari ST
- emulator you can get. You don't have to bother with the ini-file anymore,
- but can change any option with a few mouse-clicks.
-
- This program is freeware.
-
- Some features:
- -------------
- - creates ini-file with all options (up to ver0.49beta)
- - you can choose between 2 different PaCifiST-versions to run
- - launches VESA-Driver first if you wish (read notes!)
- - database for all your images
- - support for MakeDisk 1.3
- - built in msa->st and st->msa conversion
- - choose a VBE-mode
- - you can download an additional extensive help-file with big lists of all
- menu-disks (automation, pompey pirates, ...) and an alphabetic index
-
- VBE-Mode
- --------
- PaCifiST creates a file called "vbemodes.lst" if you start the emulator with
- the switch "vbemode=?" ("Test valid modes" in the launcher sets this switch).
- PaCifiST Dragon imports this file and let you choose any mode that is valid
- for your computer. To obtain the modes it searches for the string "0x". If
- one is found the whole line will be examined and added to the listbox. If
- you have problems make sure that there aren't any useless lines in this file
- that contain "0x".
-
- Database
- --------
- The format is very simple: two fields in one line, separated by a TAB. The
- first field contains the description, the second one the exact location of
- the image-file. You can edit "game.dbs" with every texteditor or even import
- the file into any database (choose ASCII-import with TAB as separator) or
- Excel.
-
- MakeDisk (1.3)
- --------------
- With MakeDisk you can
- a) create an image of an Atari-diskette
- b) transfer an image back to diskette
- c) create an empty image (very usefull)
- d) clean (repair) the bootsector of an image
-
- If you want to read or write a diskette you should e.g. check the
- AUTO-checkbox so MakeDisk tries to determine the right values for the
- diskette (tracks, sides, sectors) from the bootsector. If you want to create
- an empty image uncheck the AUTO-checkbox and enter some values, in brackets
- you see some defaults but you can enter (almost) everything. Read the
- documentation that comes with the program, it gives you an overview of
- what's possible.
-
- Notes
- -----
- If you want to run a VESA-Driver you MUST add the following to your
- autoexec.bat: SET COMSPEC=c:\dos\command.com. It must point to your
- command.com (or 4dos.com), of course. I thought Windows95 always sets this
- environment-variable, but it doesn't.
-
- If you need help with some ini-switches
- 1) look in my helpfile
- 2) read the documentation for additional information or
- 3) send an e-mail.
-
- Send any bugs and comments to: andreas.muegge@stud.uni-rostock.de.
- My Homepage (Geocities): http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/2361
-
- Acknowledgements
- ----------------
- Frederic Gidouin - for his ingenious program.
-
- Rich and his - His webside has provided the big
- Little Green Desktop gamelists.
-
- Darren Birks - the maker of MakeDisk
-
- Robert Fischer - for testing and support.
-
- History
- -------
- 1.25 R3
- - added Logo
- - new colors are only used if more than 256 colors can be displayed
- - Makedisk-Tab: of course, a diskette has e.g. 9/10 sectors and
- 78-82 tracks - corrected
-
- 1.25 R2
- - finally found a way to change the text of the buttons "Ok" and "Cancel"
- into "Start!" and "Quit", sounds trivial but it wasn't...
- - made "Add"-Button in Database-Tab the default pushbutton, now you can
- press ENTER to add the games to the list, PaCifiST won't be launched
- - support for 2 harddrives (Hi Rich!)
- - changed the background color, send a mail if you want the old color back
- (changing the look of the launcher will be done soon)
- - corrected a spelling mistake ("seriell" -> "serial")
- - changed some compiler-options and made exe 34k smaller
-
- 1.25
- - support for new PaCifiST 0.48 switches, mainly VBE-settings
- - help is supported for every option, press F1
- - supports all switches of MakeDisk 1.3
- - some cosmetic changes
-
- 1.22 Release 2
- - minor update to support new switches of MakeDisk 1.1
-
- 1.22
- - built in st->msa conversion (1 hour implementation, many hours bugtesting...)
- - database-bug finally found: (stupid) problem with the path
-
- 1.21
- - Bug: database was sometimes not visible. Probably removed. If it doesn't
- show up, simply restart the launcher.
-
- 1.2
- - added database
-
- 1.1
- - built in msa->st conversion
- - added new PaCifiST 0.47 options
- - you can now switch between 2 different PaCifiST-versions
- - cosmetic changes
-
- 1.0 - first release
-