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authorChristian A. Weber <chris@gna.ch>1992-04-16 23:00:42 +0000
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+GAME EXEC - The ultimate Amiga operating system for game development
+---------
+
+Version 4.4, 16-Apr-92
+
+© 1987-92 Christian A. Weber, Christian B. Haller, René Straub, Roman Werner
+
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Powerful debugging function, such as debug output to serial port or calling
+ ROMCrack, the ultimate Kickstart-based monitor/disassembler by SCA
+
+- Memory managment (Allocate, clear, copy Chip + Fast mem)
+
+- Semaphores (Disable/Enable interrupts, Own/Disown blitter in System mode)
+
+- Linked List management
+
+- Keyboard handler including support for custom keymaps
+
+- Output formatting (printf-style)
+
+- Optional CDTV functions: play audio tracks
+
+- Random number generator
+
+- Powerful interrupt-driven floppy disk routines supporting up to 4 dives
+ supporting PowerPacker-compressed files and loading in the background
+
+- BOBOL® the ultimate Bob Animation System: Bob rendering, double/triple
+ buffering, Animation, collision testing, clipping etc. using a powerful
+ control languange
+
+
+Versions
+--------
+
+There are 3 versions of Game Exec:
+
+- Standard version: Runs completely without Amiga OS
+
+- System version (SysStart): runs within Amiga OS (used for development)
+ this version optionally supports the CDTV
+
+- Ram version (runs without Amiga OS, but uses a FFS ram disk instead of floppy)
+
+
+Modification History
+--------------------
+
+18-May-89 CHW Recreated this file!
+20-Jun-89 CHW Supports 1MB CHIP RAM
+29-Jun-89 CHW Auf Genim2 umgeschrieben
+22-Aug-89 CHW AddHead() added
+27-Aug-89 CHW AddHead() rettet nun die Register (!^%#$@)
+13-Sep-89 CHW CopyMem() rettet nun D0 (grmbl!)
+06-Nov-89 CHW SetCache() added
+27-Nov-89 CHW FastMem support routines added
+04-Feb-90 CHW Zero-Handler & other Guru handlers added
+11-Feb-90 CHW Supervisor-Stack ist jetzt im FAST-RAM
+28-Mar-90 CHW ColdReboot() implementiert, ABORT springt dahin
+18-Sep-90 CHW CheckMem() implementiert und so
+20-Oct-90 CHW Config-File entfernt, MainPrg muss am Anfang sein
+30-Dec-90 CHW Gecrunchte Files werden automatisch entcruncht
+06-Jan-91 CHH BufLoadFile testet ob genug RAM vorhanden ist
+11-Feb-91 CHH BufReadFile eingebaut
+18-Feb-91 CHW Multitasking-fähige Version
+06-May-91 CHW Diskroutine kann jetzt schreiben