Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!schein
From: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Piggyback CPU boards
Message-ID: <2997@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 87 14:26:52 GMT
References: <2118@crash.cts.com> <486@.UUCP> <2086@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 32
Keywords: 68010 68020 privileged instruction

In article <2086@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> cthulhu@athena.mit.edu (Jim Reich) writes:
>In article <486@.UUCP> alex@.UUCP (Alex Laney) writes:
>> Most games are written in assembler, (should be:-) so they
>>probably break on the old status register access instruction which is
>>privileged on the '010,'020, etc.
>
>I know that most of the 68020 boards for the 1000 and 2000 fix the problem
>with the privileged instructions, but if that's the problem, worry not (yet).
>There is a hack.  Lurking out there somewhere in Netland and BBSland (but does
>anyone out there remember where?) is a file describing a do-it-yourself 68010
>upgrade.  It included a software "wedge," a small assembler program which
>hunted down and intercepted the nasty instructions...  May not help with
>copy protected programs, though...

 This wedge is called DeciGel. I think it is on one of the Fish disks and 
 if not - its on the commercial services (or maybe a BBS near you).
>
>"Does the Amiga ever get user meditation errors?"

 I don't know about user meditation errors, but my hacking sure causes my
 Amiga to get upset with me at times :-)

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