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Acme 1991 Slideshow (Acme)

download the install packageAcme_Acme1991Slideshow.lha
created at2015-11-01
size of install package26974 Bytes
Author/Contact
(use it to report problems with that install)
StingRay
BitWorld1227
Pouët32140
download images for that installftp.amigascne.org


 THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
 IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO USE, RESULTS AND
 PERFORMANCE OF THE PACKAGE IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND IF THE PACKAGE SHOULD PROVE
 TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
 REPAIR OR OTHER REMEDIATION.
 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN THE AUTHOR BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
 CAUSED IN ANY USUAL, SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY, ALSO IF THE OWNER OR A THIRD
 PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.

 This install applies to "Acme 1991 Slideshow" © 1991 Acme.

 Requirements:
 -------------
 This install requires WHDLoad and DIC to be in the path.
 To install from a different drive than DF0: select installation mode Expert.

 The installed demo requires 0.5 MB ChipMem (+0.9 MB OtherMem for preload).
 It can be quit by pressing F10 (key can be changed with Tooltype "QuitKey=").



 Features:
 ---------
 - Full load from HD
 - OS stuff patched (DoIO, AddIntServer, Forbid, OpenLibrary etc.)
 - DMA wait in replayer fixed (x2)
 - Byte write to volume register fixed
 - Byte write to $dff043 fixed (x2)
 - Illegal Bltcon0 value (line drawer) fixed (x2)
 - Wrong blitter wait corrected (x2)
 - Byte write to CopJmp1 fixed
 - Wrong blit (B pointer out of bounds) fixed
 - Byte read from VPOSW fixed (x6)
 - Bplcon0 color bit fixes (x25)
 - Blitter waits added (x6)
 - All decrunchers (Tetra Pack 2.2) relocated to fast memory
 - Quit with left mouse button added for intro part
 - NewIcon (created by me)
 - Source code included as usual
 - Quit option that works on 68000 machines (default key is 'F10')


 The patch for this nice slideshow was on my "should be done one day"
 list for quite some time already, had a brief look at creating the
 patch back in September 2013 but didn't really do much. Yesterday
 I had a look again (remembered it after I had finished the patch for
 Acme's Megademo), spent a few hours and patched most of it except for the
 pictures (each picture is one separate crunched executable!). Then
 went to the cinema with the better half and watched "The Martian"
 which truly is a great and very entertaining movie!
 
 Today I spent some more hours and patched all the picture parts  which
 really took quite some time as there are a lot of different pictures.

 Code in the slideshow is quite OK but a lot of (not so) little problems
 had to be fixed, the only real major bugs were blitter bugs. One was a wrong
 blitter wait (register a6 was expected to contain the CUSTOM base ($dff000)
 but instead a5 contained $dff000 which in turn made the blitter wait not work
 correctly and, depending on the value of a6, either accessing totally wrong
 memory locations or just waiting forever for the BBUSY bit to be cleared.
 The other major bug were wrong blits in the greetings part scroller, due
 to buggy calculations the B pointer sometimes was out of bounds causing blits
 to completely wrong and/or illegal memory locations.
 Other than that there were quite some Bplcon0 color bit fixes needed, the
 line drawer used to show some pictures had to be fixed as well and there
 also were quite a few byte reads from VPOSW as coder used a bclr instruction
 to clear the LOF bit.

 Now, after quite a bit of work (approx. 8 hours spent on the patch)
 everything is finished and everything works fine. I could have easily made
 the patch work with real files but as there are a lot of files and the disk
 is almost full I decided to use a disk image instead.

 The intro part originally could not be quit unless all text had been written,
 as I find this quite annoying I have added a left mouse button check, in this
 patch the intro can be quit at any time by pressing the left mouse button.


 Enough words, enjoy this very nice slideshow from HD!
 Sting, 01-Nov-2015


 Greetings to all in Scarab and Scoopex, the WHDLoad team, PMC,
 Musashi5150, Skan, Slummy, Loaderror, Frequent, Wayne Kerr, Mr.Spiv,
 Alpha One, CFou!, Paradroid, Audiomonster, Bonefish, Vention, Slammer
 Axis, Tim, Triace, Britelite, Buzzer and all the other usual suspects. :)

 Special greetings to all Golf MK1 fans worldwide and all classic
 car owners/drivers. :)

 Extra greetings to the usual suspects on #amigascne, see you all at
 Revision 2016! :)


 History:
 --------

 version 1.00 (01.11.2015) done by StingRay:
 - initial release
 - source code included
 


 Contact:
 --------
 If you have problems with this installation please try and get a newer
 version of this package from the WHDLoad WWW-Page. If that doesn't help try
 some Tooltypes like NOCACHE, NOAUTOVEC, EXPCHIP, NOMMU, PAL or NTSC. If
 that also fails, please inform the author via the Bug-Report-Form which
 can be accessed on the WHDLoad WWW-Page.

 For the full WHDLoad package, other installs and updates refer to:
	http://www.whdload.de/
 or	aminet:dev/misc/whdload#?
 and	aminet:game/patch/

Icons contained in install package

WHDLoad Slave information
Acme1991Slideshow.slave - 01.11.2015 17:15:40 - 1868 bytes
required WHDLoad version10
flagsNoError EmulTrap ClearMem
required Chip Memory512 KiB ($80000)
Expansion Memory0 KiB
info nameAcme 1991 Slideshow
info copy1991 Acme
info installinstalled by StingRay/[S]carab^Scoopex
Version 1.00 (01.11.2015)

Install Archive Content Listing
UnpackedLvlMethodPackedOSDate/TimeName
122921lh55230Amiga2015-11-01 16:19:48Acme1991Slideshow_Install/Acme1991Slideshow.newicon
18681lh51374Amiga2015-11-01 17:15:40Acme1991Slideshow_Install/Acme1991Slideshow.slave
15841lh51046Amiga2007-09-05 22:15:12Acme1991Slideshow_Install.info
379411lh59479Amiga2015-11-01 17:01:12Acme1991Slideshow_Install/Install
7181lh5364Amiga2015-11-01 16:18:00Acme1991Slideshow_Install/Install.info
49261lh52542Amiga2015-11-01 17:19:02Acme1991Slideshow_Install/ReadMe
19901lh51310Amiga2000-09-10 23:37:22Acme1991Slideshow_Install/ReadMe.info
150431lh55038Amiga2015-11-01 17:15:22Acme1991Slideshow_Install/Source/Slideshow_WHD.s

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