____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___  / /__//_ /__ / //_ //__ / //_ / / / //_ //__//_   / / //__ ___//__//__/___//__// / /_/_// // \/__  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - FOR ABO'S CONTACT US AT: BP:28 1170 WATERMAEL-BOITSFORT 1 BELGIUM!!... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DON'T SEND ANY DISKS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  THE LEGENDARY >> SUBSOFTWARE << IN 87/88/89/90/91!!...  ------------------------------------------------------ *********************************************************************** * P o w e r U t i l i t y * * ----------------------- * * Copyright (c) 1990 by Power Point * * Demo Release Version 2.12 by Power Point and AMICOM. * * Including the famous 60Hz Emulator by AMICOM. * *********************************************************************** PowerUtility Short Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PowerUtility is a tool system developed for all Amiga types in 1988. It is intended for users (programmers and normal users) of Kickstart 1.2, 1.3 and SCA1.3. It is not compatible with AmigaDOS V2.x PowerUtility allows the user to have a collection of resident programs in his system. It remains in the system even after reboot. The user can choose the modules he likes from a given range. He is also encouraged to add modules of his own, using an example source code. The user can access the modules at any time via hotkeys. PowerUtility may be started as a CLI command or from bootblock. PowerUtility Demo Version ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The demo version is actually a collection of the most popular modules. Until now, however, we did not provide the AMICOM 60Hz Emulator module for technology secret reasons. The emulator was developed in 1988. Until in 1990, we have never seen any other program doing the job. There is now the game called 'Wings of Death' which contains a primitive (non-AmigaDOS) version of such an emulator. Therefore, we do no longer retain it. The demo version does not allow you to set-up your own collection or to add modules. It works only 'as is' with all included modules. PowerUtility technical description ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PowerUtility consists of the MAKEPU tool and some modules. The PowerUtility MAKEPU tool does - check the integrity of the modules (incl version conflicts) - glue the modules together - add a base with i/o and other functions - allocate hotkeys to the modules - add a help menu - generate startup-bootblocks if requested by the user - install the code in memory if requested by the user We tried to keep PowerUtility as flexible and at the same time, as compatible as possible. The idea was to allow access to the modules at any time. This goal required a lot of hack and lowlevel work. For example, we were forced to use lowlevel display output because in some situations the OS screens refuse to work. PowerUtility may be used with 512k Amigas as well as with all kinds of memory expansions. The resident manager is able to deal with the bug of the Amiga 1000. However, it does no longer support HQC Penicillin Kickstart. PowerUtility tries to install at a safe position in memory. By default, it goes to the highest possible location in chip- or extended ($C00000) memory. Since extended memory is not cleared at cold reboot, this is the safest place it can go. There is an option that lets you put the code to the lowest possible location in chipmemory. The PowerUtility startup-bootblock allows quick installation from floppy disk. When you boot from a disk with a startup-bootblock, the PowerUtility will be loaded more quickly than with a startup-sequence entry. Furthermore, this allows you to install the tools before AmigaDOS has been booted. For example, you can boot in NTSC mode with the 60Hz emulator. PowerUtility key functions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All Power Utility functions are activated by pressing L-Alt, L-Shift and CTRL together plus one of the following keys: - HELP calls the Power Utility help menu - ESC quits / removes Power Utility - 0..9 call function 0..9 (currently only 6 modules) In the help menu, you can see the the names of the modules and the key numbers associated to them. In the help menu, these functions may be activated by pressing just the number key. Either numeric pad or normal number keys can be used. PowerUtility modules ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BLITTER-COPY The BLITTER-COPY module contains a simple but effective AmigaDOS disk copier with integrated badblock repairing facilities of high quality. Its speed has not yet been beaten by any commercial product. Hotkey-function: start it! CACHECONTROL The CACHECONTROL module allows switching of the instruction cache. The cache status is restored on reboot. Hotkey-function: toggle on/off. 60Hz-Emulation The 60Hz emulator makes every Amiga (no matter if equipped with Fatter or normal Agnus) go 60Hz. The RGB output will be accepted by most monitors including the Commodore 1081,1084,1084S and ofcourse by all Multisync type monitors. The B/W composite output will be accepted by some monitors without adjustment, others may require adjusting v-hold. The CVBS output of the NTSC version (with piggy-back) of the Amiga 1000 will drive NTSC TV sets and even video recorders although it does not keep up 100% with the NTSC standard. NTSCŪ is a trade mark and stands for Never Twice the Same Color... The Effects of the 60Hz emulation are: - considerably less area flickering in both interlace and noninterlace mode - less (although still too much) line flickering in interlace mode - reduced vertical resolution: 200 instead of 256 standard noninterlaced scan lines, physically 525 instead of 625 interlaced scan lines - 60 vertical blanks per second. Because most people are lame coders, almost all music players I have seen go faster with 60Hz. Most monitors have a special feature for 60Hz input: They stretch the image in order to compensate for the reduced amount of scan lines. The 1081,1084,1084S/SP monitors as well as most multisyncs and other RGB monitors all have this feature. Unfortunately, the A2024 does not have this benefit. Hotkey-function: toggle on/off. NoFastmem The nofastmem module allows to disable all but chip memory by hotkey. Note that the status is also preserved after reboot. You may use this feature to keep as much fast memory as possible, forcing operating system stuff to go into chip memory. Hotkey-function: toggle on/off. LED control The led control module switches the power led / anti aliasing filter. Hotkey-function: toggle on/off. Antivirus The antivirus module contains a bootblock and a file/memory virus protector. The bootblock virus protector scans all disk access as most protectors do. It operates in one of two possible modes: - Auto scan: In this mode, the intelligent virusprotector is active. It compares every bootblock to an internal list of viruses. The internal list may be updated by the user. It also scans the code of the bootblock for suspicious constructs. - Manual scan: In this mode, the intelligent virusprotector is disabled. Instead, all bootblocks except normally INSTALLed ones are displayed to let the user guess what is on them. The memory virus protector tries to find any suspicious code in memory no matter if it is a bootblock or a file virus. It watches certain fragile system parameters continuously. Hotkey-function: toggle bootblock virusprotector mode Auto/Manual scan. Swap drive The swapdrive module contains a software bootselector and floppy drive swapper. Hotkey-function: rotate floppies numbers. SetPatch The patch module contains the complete set of system patches known at this time. It is continuously being updated and currently contains all patches as done by SetPatch V1.34 This module is very convenient for systems with 1MB chip memory and kickstart 1.2 or 1.3 (non-SCA) because it fixes the problem that every reboot is a cold reboot. Hotkey-function: none ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Power Utility Update Version 2.12 Changes: - attempts to be compatible with latest release of AmigaDOS 2.x - bug in blittercopy fixed (trashed memory list) - 60Hz emulation updated so that it tries to use the Fatter Agnus - latest SetPatch 1.38 included - cache control updated for both data and instruction cache -----------------------------------------------------------------------