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- Changes to V2.0 (09/01/97)
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- * Added SCSI-direct support. Please note that any Macintosh application
- that attempts to poke at the SCSI hardware port directly will crash.
- You should now be able to use any Amiga SCSI controller to directly
- control any SCSI device (ie. DATs, scanners, hard drives, CD-ROM drives,
- digital cameras, etc.) Here is a list of problem encoutered:
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- Retrospect 2.0i (and earlier) is not 32 bit clean. You will need to run
- this program in Psuedo 24 mode or it will not properly store/restore
- any data.
-
- SilverLining 5.5 (and earlier) hangs when you attempt to do the TIME
- SCSI LOOP test. This is because SilverLining's custom routines poke
- at the SCSI hardware directly (which does not exist).
-
- Software that calls SCSI-direct functions from inside of an interrupt will
- not work. It is not possible to call Amiga SCSI-direct commands from
- inside of an interrupt. MAC programs (a few CD-ROM drivers) that do this
- will never get a SCSI status back, but at least they will not crash the
- machine.
-
- * Corrected OS8.0 problems with 060s. Please note that Apple decided to
- not allow 060s to work under OS8.0, and thus the only way to make
- it work is by turning off the SuperScaler. Please do not turn on the
- SuperScaler after OS8.0 has booted... we turn it off, and leave it off
- until the emulation is shut down. Yes, your system will run slower..
- but there is nothing that can be done about this problem... Apple wants
- you to buy a PowerPC machine!
-
- * Corrected various ROM incompatibilty problems.
-
- * Added ability to turn off or select one of the 5 internal Macintosh
- startup sounds.
-
- * Changed Virtual Base setup. Please see the documentation concerning
- the changes.
-
- * Added memory test option. This is a sure fire way to determine if your
- MMU is working properly with your memory nodes and to see if you have
- RAM refresh problems.
-
- * MMU usage is now system friendly if possible, merging into existing
- tables. This should allow other Amiga applications (run before FUSION)
- to use the MMU (ie. GigaMem). The new method does not consume additional
- memory, which was previously required for the MMU table space.
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- * ALL of the video drivers are new, and not compatible with previous
- versions of FUSION.
-
- * Changed the Cybergraphics drivers to allow for v2.x or 3.x of the
- Cybergraphics software. Please note: some of the QuickDraw acceleration
- routines WILL fail under v2.x, please upgrade... it's free.
- (http://www.best.com/~vgr)
-
- * Fixed a device entry limitation. Amiga systems with more than 13
- mounted devices would not show ALL of the devices (after the first
- 13 were shown, the rest were ignored).
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- * Corrected device closing problem, sometimes resulting in a system crash
- when shutting down the emulation.
-
- * Added new option in the DEVICE OPTIONS sub-menu of the DEVICES menu. Now
- along with FORCED WRITE PROTECT, DMA RESTRICTIONS, and REMOVABLE MEDIA
- is the option SKIP VALIDATION. Selecting gadget (making the check in
- the box visable) will not allow the MAC to immediately validate a partition.
- There is a strange problem with OS8.0 with validation, and we believe it
- is a bug in the intial release of OS8.0 (no other OS has this problem).
- The problem is this: shutdown improperly (ie crash or do an emergency
- power-off) and the partition will not boot properly. The next time you
- attempt to boot, the 'smiley MAC' will appear, the MAC will reset, and
- this sequence is repeated forever. Skipping the validation of the drive
- at boot time fixes this problem. Note: validation still does occur, just
- not at boot time.