*************************************************************************** Utilities Unlimited International, Inc. is pleased to announce their newest programmer: Mark Wignall. We stole Mark from Techtronix. He worked in the printer design group and did numerous applications for in house testing and such. Mark and Jim Drew started writing a game program about 4 years ago... still no game, but Mark has joined the emulation team to provide the necessary PC knowledge and support required for EMPLANT's 586DX (yes, 586) emulation, writing utilities in hybrid (x86/68K assembly mixed) code. We are currently looking for programmers, and hardware engineers. If you have what it takes, and you are tired of hearing "that's impossible!", we'd like to talk to you. Please send your resume to: Utilities Unlimited International, Inc. Attn: Jim Drew 790 N. Lake Havasu Avenue #16 Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 *************************************************************************** This is version 4.9 of EMPLANT's MAC emulation software. Due to the size of the 'EMPLANT.history' file, it is no longer included with each archive. If you wish to obtain this file, you can do so by calling our 24hr support BBS: We also now have our complete hard bound manual (which is updated for each new version of the emulation) on our BBS in AmigaGuide format.. complete with screen shots, and index, and more! (602) 453-9767 - 2400-14.4K v.32bis (602) 453-3909 - 14.4K-28.8K .FC * PLEASE READ THE 'CHANGES.TXT' FILE BEFORE INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE! * ******************************************************************* * * * * A T T E N T I O N * * * * The paths for the MAC emulation software have changed!! The FIRST thing you should do before installing this upgrade is to make a backup copy of your EMPLANT:ROM_IMAGES directory. After installing this software update, you will want to cleanup the extra files that have been moved. Ideally, you could just delete ALL of the existing software (it is a good idea to make a backup copy of your current software before installing any new software in case of some serious system incompatibility... this is a good practice with ANY software). If you obtained this software update as an LHA archive: In order to use the HardDisk_Installer script you have two choices: 1) Format a floppy disk with the name 'MAC2'. Decompress this archive to the floppy and double-click on the HardDisk-Installer icon. 2) Decompress the archive into RAD: and assign MAC2: to RAD: ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you obtained this software update as a .DMS file: Just decompress the file to a floppy and double-click on the HardDisk-Installer icon. ******************************************************************* Use the installer script to create your new setup! You need the file 'SetupEMPLANT' in your s: directory, and it is CREATED (not copied) by the installer script. You also need the file 'AssignEMPLANT' in your s: directory, and it too, is CREATED (not copied) by the installer script. You also need to MAKE SURE that the FIRST line in your startup-sequence is 'execute >NIL: s:SetupEMPLANT', that the LAST line in your USER-STARTUP must now be 'execute >NIL: s:AssignEMPLANT'. Again, these changes are best done by the installer script. If you are using a 68EC030, make SURE that you use the 'EC_Lauch_MAC' icon to lauch the emulation! The majority of all PP&S 040 boards sold for the A3000 have 'EC'040 chips, and will NOT work with the 'HardLaunch_MAC' script file (because of the lack of an MMU). Special thanks to the beta testers: Brian Walz, Dan Edwards, Michael Perbix, Alan Clayson, Paul Lesurf, Jonathan Blackwell, Pierre Tavernier, Todd Saltzman, Stanley Davis, Steve Winokur, David Martin, Denny Atkin, and us. :-) We should all thanks these guinea pigs for putting their systems on the line. Thanks to those Amiga developers who have supported our efforts: Allen Brooks (Interworks); John (Oxxi Software); Brick, Scott and crew (Expert Services); Macrosystems US; Dean Brown (DKB); Alex Amor, Dave Defelici (CEI); John DiLullo (Commodore); Serge Bureau (RCS); VillageTronics; Tim (Innovatronics); Gregory Bahlhorn (Digital Creations); Newtek; Jim Sachs (great to chat with about our 'old' days); James Nakiahara (Commodore); Walt Disney Studios; Paramount Studios; Tony Alderson ('Terminator 2', 'Last Action Hero' special effects guy); James (Pacific Rim); Gary Chow (Syquest Technologies); Hab and crew at Moonlighter (they have saved our bacon too many times! Buy AmiBack Tools today!); Chuck Swan (TriMedia, Inc.); CalComp, Inc.; Eddie (Spectronics); John Sievers (Opal Technologies); GEnie; CompuServe; Portal; BIX; AOL; FidoNet Services; and countless others! MAC-sided software/hardware companies supporting EMPLANT: Delrina - Makers of the Opus 'n Bill screen saver and FaxPro, two great products!; MicroSoft; VideoMedia - 'OZ' video editing software/hardware. EMPLANT's MAC emulation was created using: ------------------------------------------ DPaint IV (We still don't have the AGA version that Commodore was *suppose* to ship with the A4000 packages...) Power-Windows 2.5c (Gadget creation... forget gadgtools!) ASSEMPRO (Don't laugh, as old and slow as it is... it is the ONLY integrated package capable of walking though code while in Supervisor mode). *Note* We no longer use ASSEMPRO because the main guts of the emulation are completed.. so, now we use DEVPAC for everything except video drivers. DEVPAC (The emulation core and device drivers were written with DevPac) MACRO68 (All of the video drivers were written with Macro68) RESOURCE (Everyone call up Jeff Lavin at Puzzle Factory and thank him for EMPLANT's MAC emulation... without Resource, it would not have been possible!) WATCH FOR A NEW VERSION OF RESOURCE COMING SOON!! IT IS *AWESOME*!!!! IFFD (Graphics extraction utility) DirectoryOPUS (What can you say? Jonathan knows his stuff!) Enlan-DFS (For moving things between our development systems in a serious hurry! V2.0 is a huge improvement for us! Get this software and an ethernet boards!) Excaliber (Some serious speed here folks! Contact RCS!! We have the 35Mhz Excaliber now... Infini-D now renders faster than the PowerPC version... somebody get the fire extinguisher!). WarpEngine (It is on rare occassion that we are shocked by a product... and this is one of them... 40Mhz, 30.12 MIPS, need we say more?) Some of main systems used for development: (2) A4000's w/16 megs of FAST mem, video toaster, CalComp graphics tablet, (1) A3000 w/16 megs of FAST mem, (2) 2000's w/2630 and 2091a, (2) A500 w/VXL*30 and 8 megs of FAST mem, (2) A1200's w/1230XA's w/4 megs of FAST mem, (1) A1000 w/2 megs of FAST mem, trumpcard controller, A4091, XT bridgeboard, EGS-Spectrum, Piccolo, Picasso II, Rainbow II, Rainbow III, Merlin, Domino, Retina, Resovler, OpalVision, X-Caliber, ViewSonic 15, 1084, 1950, 1960, etc., etc... Trademark recognition: Mac, Apple, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. EMPLANT and the EMPLANT logo are trademarks of Jim Drew and Utilities Unlimited International, Inc. Chauna Drew® (The official playmate [and wife] of Jim Drew) Diet Coke® (The official soft drink of Utilities Unlimited) McDonalds® (The official eating place of Utilities Unlimited) Stress (The official medical problem of Utilities Unlimited) ;-)