From: dave@xanadu.reston.ingr.com (Dave Loveall)
Subject: SetPatch Specifics - Was (Re: WB2.1 install disk crashes)
Reply-To: dave@xanadu.reston.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Federal Systems Division, Reston VA
Date:  6 Jan 93 04:01:47 GMT

In <1993Jan5.123157.24363@walter.cray.com> aaw@cray.com (Andy Wolff) writes:

>In article 23993@zds-oem.zds.com, easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton) writes:
>>In article <1993Jan4.105808.11661@walter.cray.com> aaw@cray.com writes:
>>>Has anyone besides me had this problem? I just installed the WB2.1 upgrade on my
>>>A3000 which still uses the "superkickstart" (non-ROM). I found that booting off the
>>>install disk (which is required to perform the installation) always crashed the
>>>machine with a software error. I eventually discovered that the SetPatch program
>>>on the install disk was the cause. After replacing it with the old 2.04 version of
>>>SetPatch I was able to complete the installation. The dealer who sold me the upgrade
>>>said they hadn't seen this problem before. Is there a newer version of the 2.04
>>>kickstart than the one I have (which came directly from C=)?
>>
>>  I have an A3000/16 with soft kicked ROM's.  I installed the 2.1 upgrade
>>right after Thanksgiving and it went smoothly.  I did exactly what you did,
>>booted the install disk.
>>
>>  How old is your A3000?  A wild guess is that if you have the older
>>"roms in a tower" version, the boot roms might be different than mine.
>>

>I suppose my A3000 is relatively old; I bought it back when they had the "power up"
>deal from the 2000/2500 to A3000. I haven't done much poking around inside it except
>to install some extra RAM, but since I most likely have the same 2.04 kickstart as
>everybody else I guess the boot ROM could be the culprit. I'm curious if anyone knows
>what the mysterious undocumented SetPatch does. I noticed that the 2.1 version is 
>considerably larger than the old one.

>>
>>-- 
>>  ___  ___    Jeff Easton             easton@zds-oem.zds.com
>> (__  (__     Zenith Data Systems     j.easton@mi04.zds.com
>> ___) ___)    Saint Joseph, Mich.     easton@andrews.edu
>>
>>Monte Carlo   Z-LS/20 - Choice of a quiet generation
>>

>Andy Wolff
>aaw@cray.com

Try typing "setpatch" at a shell prompt.  With my configuration, I get:

Amiga Operating System
Copyright (c) 1985-1992 Commodore-Amiga Inc.
All Rights Reserved.

SetPatch (V38.31) has already been installed.  Patch list:
	Released extra A2024 buffers
	Moved CIA handlers to priority 0
	Console CMD_CLEAR
	Console Bell
	DOS Flush()
	Blitter interrupts
	150RPM HD Floppies
	Intuition IAddress change	
	Fixed Line-A exception vector
	Monitor database
	NMI Hardware patch
	DOS Open()
	SCSI Open()
	Shared Semaphores
	Graphics Set/LoadRGB4
	Fix for old 1010 drives
	Enabled data cache

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