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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