FastOff 1.0 documentation

DISTRIBUTION

 This software is FreeWare !

PURPOSE

 You can use your mem expanded A1200 as a standard 2M Chip RAM machine without
 pulling out the mem expansion from your machine. It is more useable, than
 using the NoFastMem WB utility, because it is activated meanwhile the reset
 mechanism. Naturally you can write to or read from the Fast mem, but the
 operating system will ignore the full mem expansion.

 It is worth using if:
  - you want to test your prg (game/utility) on standard 2M Chip RAM that use
    the OS
  - you want to play with a game that runs only on Chip RAM machines

 ;-)you hate to use too much memory
 ;-)you want to enjoy the speed of a 2M machine (you can ;) on Amiga)


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

 It works on Amiga 1200 with KickStart 3.0 !!! only. See the future.
 And you have to own a mem expansion too. (I don't know if the prg works or not
 on turbo cards.)

USAGE

 Simple run it from CLI and push the reset buttons.

 Notes: The FastOff doesn't work if you have run it once. So if you have 'turned
        off' the Fast RAM with FastOff and the OS uses only the Chip RAM, the
        FastOff will has no influence after resetting. The Fast RAM will
        appear.

        It will change the ColdCapture.

        If you use the boot menu, the FastOff won't work. ;(

HISTORY

 1.0 - First public release.

FUTURE

 - less ROM specific with more general ROM jumpings
 - some DOS arguments

TESTED ON

 Amiga 1200 with:
 - 4 Mb Fast RAM, made by DERKO
 - 405 Mb Conner CFS425A winchester, 2.5"->3.5" adapter made by DERKO
 - 2x speed Sony CDU-55E CD-ROM

OTHER PRODUCTS

 LessSeek      - Small validatewait like program
                 on Aminet: disk/misc/LessSeek11.lha

 ChipPeek      - A practical mempeek with AGA support
                 on Aminet: gfx/misc/ChipPeek20.lha

 HunAminetDocs - Hungarian transl. of Aminet docs
                 on Aminet: docs/misc/HunAminetDocs.lha

 SetTime       - A simple but practical SetTime script
                 on Aminet: util/time/SetTime.lha

THE AUTHOR

 Szabolcs Petho

 e-mail: petho@spike.fa.gau.hu
         petho@fa.gau.hu

 WWW:    http://spike.fa.gau.hu/~petho

 s-mail: Szabolcs Petho
         Gorkij krt. 81.
         3104 Salgotarjan
         HUNGARY

 Send your suggestions, bug reports, if you have !

Bye,
     Szabolcs