phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) (05/29/89)
Everyone;
I have now installed a 68010 in my Amiga 500, and I would like to find
a patch that would allow the Transformer to run properly on it. I've tried
PSTransformer, but that doesn't work - it gets to the point of asking for
a DOS disk (with a bad memory count, by the way) but refuses to accept
anything as an MS-DOS disk.
I know there is at least one other programme to handle this out there.
Can anyone point me in its direction?
Thanks...
- R'ykandar.
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In Message <11785@s.ms.uky.edu>, phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) writes: > I have now installed a 68010 in my Amiga 500, and I would like to find >a patch that would allow the Transformer to run properly on it. I've tried >PSTransformer, but that doesn't work - it gets to the point of asking for >a DOS disk (with a bad memory count, by the way) but refuses to accept >anything as an MS-DOS disk. > I know there is at least one other programme to handle this out there. >Can anyone point me in its direction? I am not a user of Transformer and offer this fix/patch for those who feel they can not upgrade because of losing Transformer. No longer must they suffer! If you were to install DeciGel on your Transformer disk and make the proper call to activate DeciGel when booting your machine, it would be lost as your Amiga resets itself when starting Transformer. So what do you do? A simple fix/patch to your Transformer program will solve the problem. This requires the use of a binary file editor, sorry but Commodore did not supply one with your Amiga. Like DeciGel the best place to obtain a file editor is the Public Domain. I prefer NewZap 3.0, it is available on Fish disk #58. The instrucions that follow assume that that you are familiar with using NewZap. Make a backup copy of your Transformer disk. Place the original disk back in the Transformer box, we will fix/patch the copy you just made. Put the copy in drive "x" and start NewZap with the command: 1> newzap dfx:at1 Press return. Using the search function of NewZap (Amiga-Z and Amiga-C), change all occurances of these hex strings: 40c2, 40c4, 40c6, 40c7 change each respectively to: 42c2, 42c4, 42c6, 42c7 This means that 40c2 will become 42c2, 40c4 becomes 42c4, ect, ect.... There are quite a few (I mean alot!) of changes to be made, so relax take your time and remember to save each disk block as you go. What you have for all this work is a copy of Transformer that will work with a MC68010. Please note that after Transformer is modified in this fashion, it will *NOT* run on a MC68000 machine. (Thats why we made a copy, didn't we?) > Thanks... U R Welcome ;-) Sneakers -- ___ Dan "Sneakers" Schein //// BERKS AMIGA BBS Sneakers Computing //// 80+ Megs of software & messages 2455 McKinley Ave. ___ //// 12/2400 Baud - 24 Hrs West Lawn, PA 19609 \\\\ //// 215/678-7691 \\\\//// {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers
dwi@manta.NOSC.MIL (Steve Stamper) (06/02/89)
Is there any way to get transformer to work with the A2620 card ACTIVE in a 2500? -Roger
blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) (06/04/89)
From article <8416.AA8416@heimat>, by sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein): > Press return. Using the search function of NewZap (Amiga-Z and Amiga-C), > change all occurances of these hex strings: > 40c2, 40c4, 40c6, 40c7 > change each respectively to: > 42c2, 42c4, 42c6, 42c7 > This means that 40c2 will become 42c2, 40c4 becomes 42c4, ect, ect.... > There are quite a few (I mean alot!) of changes to be made, so relax > take your time and remember to save each disk block as you go. While this will certainly work, there is a much less painful method. A while back I found a program called Fix68010 that will do a search-and- replace for the offending strings in any binary. It didn't work with Falcon, but it does work with Transformer, and almost everything else I tried. Personally, I've given up on the 68010, the few programs that won't run aren't worth the trivial (nearly unnoticable, in my experience) performance increase. (But then I replaced the 68010 with a 2620 card. :-) I don't think Fix68010 has ever been on a Fish Disk, I got it off of PLink or a BBS a year or so ago. I'll send a copy off to Bob Page this week for the binaries group (sorry, I've got no source for it). -- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 Here: utah-cs!esunix!blgardne {ucbvax,allegra,decvax}!decwrl!esunix!blgardne "Nobody will ever need more than 64K." "Nobody needs multitasking on a PC."
aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell) (06/06/89)
In article <1293@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes: >From article <8416.AA8416@heimat>, by sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein): >> Press return. Using the search function of NewZap (Amiga-Z and Amiga-C), >> change all occurances of these hex strings: >> 40c2, 40c4, 40c6, 40c7 >> change each respectively to: >> 42c2, 42c4, 42c6, 42c7 [ME: Remember to preface these strings by a '$' so NewZap knows it is a Hex string, and NOT a text string... ie. $40c2, $40c4, etc. ... Got bit by this one in my eagerness to get this sucker fixed....] >While this will certainly work, there is a much less painful method. A >while back I found a program called Fix68010 that will do a search-and- ^^^^^^^^ >replace for the offending strings in any binary. It didn't work with >Falcon, but it does work with Transformer, and almost everything else I ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 Sorry to muddy the waters on this, but I have been doing this very same thing 'behind the scenes' even going so far as getting PSTransformer from the guy that Dan was replying to (hello R'ykander Korra'ti!) which only works with 1.1 Transformer. I have Transformer 1.2, which chokes when the Transformer goes to boot DOS..(ugh!) well, a friend of mine HERE at B.S.U. HAS Fix68010 and gave me a copy, and well.... it found 190 occurances of *something* and changed them, but after running the 'fixed' version, it only came up correctly ONCE, booted DOS, asked for the date, I typed; nothing, hit EVERY key, still no response... the only thing that got a response out of the machine was C-A-A... tried again, it did the same thing it did BEFORE running Fix68010, asked for DOS, then bombed back to asking for WorkBench... sooo... in with NewZap to change hex bytes... which worked *FINE* the first time running it after the fix. I did not keep an accurate count but, I do not think (IMO) that I changed 190 occurances of the strings in the file 'at1.' Which brings me to MY questions, 1)which version of Transformer did YOU/ANYBODY (who got Fix68010 to work..) use? 2)What version was DAN referring to? I found NO Hex 40c4 strings in the file 'at1'... found plenty of Hex 40c2/6/7's but no 4's in 'at1' Ah well, my suggestion is to *TRY* Fix68010 with a grain of salt, if it works, "GREAT" but if not, re-copy 'at1' to your 'working disk' and do Dan's fix on it... that *I* know works... David C. Powell M.I.S. Senior Ball State University Muncie, Indiana *-David Powell :ARPA: aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu--------------------------* | \/ President :UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!aegnor | | /\etwnk Industries, Ltd. : | *-"If it doesn't work, we DIDN'T do it!"-----------------------------*