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- IPatch - Interrupt patch 3.3
- (C) 1993 Arthur Hagen
- FreeWare - *ArtWare
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- Yet another useless ArtWare-utility. This one works only for
- kickstart 37.175, and will replace some of the default system
- interrupt servers (which are about the most heavily used code on the
- Amiga) with more optimised code doing excactly the same.
- Some system speed increase when multitasking should be the result -
- even more if you have available 32-bits ram. Note - the speed
- increase will not be appearent or very low in speed-test-programs, as
- these usually disables interrupts when testing the system perform-
- ance.
- IPatch should be totally transparent to the system, and should not
- cause any other software to malfunction. No warrants given, though -
- some badly written software may set the interrupt vectors in a non-
- system-friendly way, and could cause problems.
- IPatch WILL score "Enforcer-hits" and show altered vectors in virus-
- test programs, but this is due to how IPatch does its job by patching
- vectors.
- To use IPatch, run it from CLI, or put it in your S:Startup-Sequence
- or S:User-Startup. If you experience problems (gurus) with IPatch,
- try SoftIPatch instead - this is a somewhat "kinder" version that
- doesn't bang the hardware vectors at all. But it is a weeny bit
- slower.
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- New in version 3.3 compared to 3.0:
- Now there is a "HardIPatch" that should work with 3.0+ machines too.
- Some routines speeded up.
- New in version 3.0 compared to 2.9:
- Optimised even further. Non-68010-equipped machines should benefit
- most from the new code. Two more interrupts patched.
- New in version 2.9 compared to 2.8:
- A few cycles shaved off.
- New in version 2.8 compared to 2.5:
- Hardware interrupts somewhat faster.
- Should work on 68000 machines, and also with the KS in RAM.
- Thanks to Colin Plumb for an informative bug report.
- Some bugfixes - don't remember what I did...
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- This program is FreeWare. And since you don't pay anything for it,
- don't expect me to feel guilty if this program by accident causes
- your machine to show pictures of your mother-in-law, or starts
- calling every friendly nuclear launch silo with fake orders...
- If you REALLY like this program, you can send me a pack of tobacco,
- some beer, or your sister as payment. (If sisters are scarce, any
- female relative between [legal age - fill in] and 40 will do.)
- I can be reached at:
- Rodeløkka (M)BBS, +47 22380949 (24 hours, F8N1, 300-18,000 bps),
- user name ARTHUR HAGEN
- or by good old-fashioned mail to this address:
- Arthur Hagen
- Skorkeberg Allé 13F
- N-1440 DRØBAK, Norway
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- Enjoy,
- *Art
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