Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!cs.umu.se!dvljhg From: dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Amiga Action Replay Version 2.0 Question and Info Message-ID: <1991Jan9.232237.27688@cs.umu.se> Date: 9 Jan 91 23:22:37 GMT References: <1991Jan8.004830.26455@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au> <1071@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> <1991Jan9.142334.10045@wpi.WPI.EDU> Sender: news@cs.umu.se (News Administrator) Organization: Dep. of Info.Proc, Umea Univ., Sweden Lines: 151 In article <1991Jan9.142334.10045@wpi.WPI.EDU> jlehmann@wpi.WPI.EDU (Jonas A. Lehmann) writes: >Here's a question for the European readers: > > >I was just in Switzerland and picked up January's issue of M&Ts "Amiga". >I am currently doing a lot of assembler programming on the Amiga and am in >bad need of a working and effektive debugger. I am using Devpac and I >personally think its debugger has bugs. So what do I see in the magazine >around page 36? An add for Amiga Action Replay Version 2.0 for 219 DM. >For those of you reading that have never heard of AAR, it is a Freezer >cartridge with several functions. > >What can AARV2 do? > >According to the add... > > >* Freeze and save the running program to disk. Works with up to 2 megs of > RAM and also with 1MB Chip. Saves them as AmigaDOS files that can be run > without AARV2. This feature could be misused I guess .... > The cartridge is rather easy to stop (fortunately) >* Trainer and Unlimited Lives Creator. They say this can be done without > programming knowledge. Could be cute for some of my action games. > This option wasn't very user friendly on 1.0. Lets hope they improved it. >* Improved Sprite Editor. You can view and modify entire sprites. Neat. > >* Virus Detector. Kind of stupid since new ones come out "daily" and this > is a Hardware protector ... so I wonder ... better than nothing for sure. > If this one detects more or the same number of viruses as VirusXs newest > version then it is quite cute since it is HW. > As I heard it works a lot like 1.3, checking vectors. >* Save Sound and Pictures. This allows you to save soundsamples and pics > found in memory to disk as IFF. Ripping Ripping Ripping ... Copyright > problems here ... well for private use? > >* Slowmotionmode ... run you programs at down to half speed ... > Most new games will be protected from the cartridge making this impossible. >* Continue... allows you to continue execution of frozen/halted programs. > Works most of the time... >* Computer Status Display. Gives info on drives and mem etc... > >* Bootselector. You can determine from which dfx: to boot. > >* Picture Editor. Find, View and powerfully modify pictures in memory. Over > 50 useful commands ... cute ... personalize your programs. How about this. > Draw a picture in DPaint and while drawing, edit it from AARV2! > >* Music Sound Tracker ... find and save modules from memory .. ripper .. > >* AutoFire. Set the autofire rate on both joystick ports. > >* DiskCoder. Protect your disks with a password. Encryption. > >* Disk Monitor. No Comment. > >* StartMenu. Allows you to customize the AARV2 environment. > >* DOS Commands. Execute Amiga DOS Commands. > >* DiskCopy. Faster than doscopy. > >* Debugger/Monitor > > - 80chars 2way scrolling display > - Complete MC68000 Assembler/Disassembler > - Fullscreen Editor > - Load/Save Block > - Write String to Memory > - Jump to Address > - Display RAM in ASCII > - Display Frozen Picture > - Play resident Sample > - Display and Modify all CPU Registers and Flags > - Calculator > - Help > - Search Features > - The one and only CustomChipEditor. Allows Viewing and Modification > of all Custom Chip Registers even READONLY (?). > - NotePad > - DiskInfo. Current Position and Status. > - Dynamic BreakPoint Handling > - Display Memory in all Formats. > - Copper Assembler/Disassembler > >* NOTE: Thanks to the Freezing all registers are completely untouched. > Important for powerful debugging .... no .... really. > > > >Version 2.0 is contained within 128K. > >Price for A500/1000 Version 189DM >Price for A2000 is 219DM > >For Info Fax to +31-8380-32146 EuroSystems in Holland I believe. >or phone I thing is +31-85-516565 > >Address: EuroSystems > Postbus 1 79 > 6710 BD Fde > Holland > >No clue about address or phone ... > > >----------------------------------------------------- > >Well so much for the add. Seems to me like because it has >some nice features such as the debugger and the diskcoder and diskmonitor and >since it is burned into a cartridge which plugs into expansion in A500/1000, >it could be worthwhile buying. Sure some features seem stupid but some could >be useful when programming ... > >My question is .... WILL IT WORK ON MY AMIGA!!!!????? > >I have an Amiga 2000 (NTSC) with Kick1.3 1MB Chip and A2630. >This means 2 MB 32-Bit and 1MB Chip. Will it work with this config? > >Who knows .... please email to jlehmann@wpi.wpi.edu > >Thanks. >Jonas > > >PS: I am not responsible for any false information due to poor translation > or misunderstanding :) I don't see why it won't work. The 1.0 version had no through-port which made it much less valuable to A500 owners. Check out Nordic Power too. /Jorgen -- ******************************************************************************* email dvljhg@cs.umu.se - other ways to communicate are a waste of time. Everything I say is always true, just apply it to the right reality. "Credo, quia absurdum est." Credo in absurdum est?