Below are listed the main changes in the software from version 8 to version 9. These are not documented in the printed manual. Please, read this file carefully : each paragraph is related to the section of the same number. The main changes form Version 8 to 9 are : - OverCD filesystem now runs on A600 and CDTV is emulated. - OverCD filesystem automatically recognizes multi-session CD's and automatically mounts the last session on the CD which includes all the sessions present on the CD. - OverCD filesystem with Improved Disk Caching. - New Boot menu with options to set keyboard and joypad emulation keys. Game Score Recording and Language options now supported. - New CDDA Player options (CD Digital Audio player) and bugs fixed. - Photo-CD Carrousel automatically recognizes multi-session CD's and displays thumbnail pictures for all the photos recorded on the CD through all sessions. - Photo-CD Carrousel now includes a search scheme to locate Photo-CD pictures (PCD format) on those CD's which do not comply with Kodak's standard (pictures located into directory 'CD0:photo-cd/images' and thumbnails stored in file 'CD0:photo-cd/overview.pcd'). - New utility, CDDoor, to monitor CDROM tray opening/closing from Workbench (also included in CDDA). - Added support of Single Speed MITSUMI-FX001 CD Drive. 1 - INSTALLATION ... 1.2 - Software Installation The procedure to install the OVERDRIVE-CD software on your Amiga depends on whether your system has a hard disk or only a floppy disk drive. Be sure to follow the instructions appropriate for your system: If your system has no hard disk, no installation of the software is necessary. The installation diskette 'OVERCD' is basically a standard 'Workbench 3.0' which contains everything for the OVERDRIVE CD to operate directly from it. Simply, insert the diskette in drive DF0: and boot up your system in the usual way. If your system has a hard disk, insert the installation diskette, INSTALL, into the floppy drive. Simply click on the icon 'OverCD_1200.Install' or 'OverCD_600.Install' depending on the type of your machine (Amiga 1200 or Amiga 600). This will set up everything needed to make the CD32 emulation work into S:, C:, LIBS:, L: and DEVS:, using Commodore's Installer program. 2 - OPERATION ... 2.1 - Running CD32 Games under Workbench 3.0 'Workbench 3.0' is the current version of the operating system on all Amiga 1200 machines. The software of the OVERDRIVE-CD emulates most of the new features of 'Workbench 3.1' which is the new release of the operating system dedicated to the CD32. In order to launch most CD32 games, the system need be restarted anew and dedicated software emulation features be turned on. The switches to activate these features are included in the mountlist 'sys:storage/CD0'. Press simultaneously the 'CTRL', 'LEFT-A' and 'RIGHT-A' keys to reboot the A1200 as usual. Hence, there are two ways to run CD32 games : 1 - While the system is booting up, keep the RIGHT-MOUSE BUTTON pressed for a short while. This will force the system to be transfered to the CD and the boot process to continue from the CD. This is the prefered standard way to run CD32 games. 2 - Otherwise, you may keep the LEFT-MOUSE BUTTON pressed while startup until the 'CD32 Boot Requester' is displayed. Then, select the 'CDROM Boot' option to boot from the CDROM drive. The OVERDRIVE-CD software automatically recognizes the game controller plugged into JOYPORT 2 of your A1200. Practically, you need at least a standard joystick to play CD32 games; the other buttons on the CD32 controller are emulated from the keyboard. From the 'CD32 Boot Menu', you may also select the keyboard keys to emulate the CD32 JoyPad buttons : click first on the button you wish to change and then either press a key on the machine keyboard or click on a key of the keyboard drawn at the bottom of the screen. The other three toggle buttons should be manipulated cautiously : - "NoFastmem/FastMem" should normally be set to "NoFastMem" as there is no so-called Fast Memory on a standard CD32 machine. - "JoyStick/JoyPad" should be set to "JoyStick" unless you have a CD32 11-button JoyPad plugged in JoyPort 2. - "Graphics 3.1/Graphics 3.0" should be set to "Graphics 3.1" except for some rare CDTV games which do not comply with Commodore's new graphics library features. ... 5 - CDDOOR CDDoor is a small utility to automatically open and close the CDROM tray from the Workbench. The program opens a tiny window located next to the Workbench depth gadget on the right of the screen drag bar. Simply click in the centre of the window to action the tray mechanism of the CDROM drive. © 1994 ARCHOS