ChipPeek 1.9 documentation

DISTRIBUTION

 This software is FreeWare !

PURPOSE

 You can see your chip ram contents as a graphics screen, like any other
 mempeek. I coded my own, because there were not AGA mempeek when I bought my
 AMIGA 1200. (93')
 But now it is 95'. See the 1.9 improvements below.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

 Any AMIGA, but it works fine on AGA machines.
 It's not a bad thing to own some chip ram (.5/1/1.5/2Mb)...

INSTALLATION

 Simply start from CLI.

USAGE

 Start peeking     : ! 'ctrl lalt p'. (will be configurable in 2.0 ...)

 Quit peeking      : ! 'ctrl lalt p' or both mousebuttons

 Vertical scroll   :   move your mouse up/down.

 Quick vert. scr.  : + the above + right mousebutton

 Horizontal scroll :   press left shift and move your mouse right/left.

                       I coded this two direction move 'cause practical reason:
                       I didn't like mempeek at that I couldn't set the right
                       memposition fast. But with this method you can go fast
                       through the mem (there are many dirty mouses...), and
                       when you want to go only to left or right press shift.)

 Quick hor. scr.   : + the above + right mousebutton

 Switch resolution :   press left mousebutton (lores/hires/superhires)

 Set Modulo        : ! press left alt and move your mouse left/right

 Set mark          : + press shift+1/2/3

 Jump to mark      : + press 1/2/3

 Remove            : ! press r when you are peeking
 
 What numbers can you see:

 xxxxxx   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       xxxx

 address  the leftmost highlighted word in bits  modulo
          (will be reimplemented in 2.0 ...)

HISTORY

 1.0 - First public release.

 1.9 - Second public release. It is prerelease of 2.0
       - totally reworked
       - more system friendly
       - now it is commodity, all input handled by commodities.library
       - hot key
       - quick searches
       - setmarks

FUTURE

 2.0 will have:
 - tooltypes (hotkey, jumpmarks, etc.)
 - peek will be started with the old both mousebuttons method
 - set to default (zero) key
 - 16 bit zoom will be done
 - wb start with icons (it is necessery for tooltypes...)
 - if anybody want free move (to up/down/right/left) at the same time,
   it will be switchable
 - reworked documentation

 x.x will have:
 - perhaps input will be handled by intuition, or a totally systemless method
   for lowmem people
 - fastram peek

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

THANKS TO

 Psybu for his suggestions.
 DERKO for his great hardwares.
 Nemtom for his fonts.

OTHER PRODUCTS

 LessSeek 1.1 - Small validatewait like program
                on Aminet: disk/misc/LessSeek11.lha

THE AUTHOR

 Szabolcs Petho

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

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

 Send your suggestions, bug reports, if you have !

Bye,
     Szabolcs