Nov. 4, 1989 Here is a quickie release of a couple of kickstart patches. Sorry, no source for the "kickpatch" program, contact me if you want it. What this does: (1) Fixes a bug in trackdisk.device which prevents the TD_RAWREAD and TD_RAWWRITE commands from working right. Not all machines are affected by this bug. If you try PCCopy from the "Extras" disk and it doesn't work, you need this fix. I didn't come up with the actual fix, someone on Usenet did. (2) Allows you to have two "system-configuration" files. If you boot normally, the system loads Preferences data from "devs:system-configuration". If you boot with the left mouse button held down, it loads "devs:alternate-configuration". I use this to reboot with interlace set and an appropriately modified set of colours when I need it. How to apply the patches: Dump all the files from this archive in RAM:. Put a write-enabled 1.3 kickstart disk in DF0:. The disk must at one point have been a distribution 1.3 disk, though it can have other patches on it already. Now execute the script file. 1> cd ram: 1> execute execute_me How it works: The patches are coded as assembler source files. They are assembled and linked with A68K and BLink. Then a program named "UnHunk" converts the output files to normal absolute executable code, as found on a kickstart disk or in a ROM. I supply the result of this as files ending in ".u". Kickpatch (my creation) writes the result into a kickstart disk. "Sumkick" (not my creation) fixes the kickstart disk checksum. Kickpatch: Syntax: kickpatch Limitation: must be an "UnHunk" output file with just a code segment (no BSS or data segments). This code segment must completely fit in the area from $FC0000 to $FFFFFF. All this is rigorously checked. No source code, as it would be too much bother to document it. But if you have a patch of your own and need "UnHunk" or further help, feel free to contact me. Redistribution status: Spread it far and wide, ruin its reputation, use it to insert nasty viruses into kickstart, whatever. Contact me if you want the source code. Markus Wandel (613) 592-8182 until December 23, 1989, then (705) 785-3383.