CpuControl Release 1.06 --- October 1996

This text and the contents of the archive wherein this document  was  found  are
                             ©1996 by Oliver Goss.


Well, here are some important notes concerning this release of CpuControl:

1. This version has some  bugs  removed  and  should  be  more  compatible  with
accelerator boards from different manufacturers. However, due to my general lack
of time not much has changed compared to the last release (sorry).

2. I included a patched version of CpuControl  named  'CpuControl_NOREVERSE'  in
this  archive  which  has the MEMF_REVERSE flag disabled (when allocating memory
for the FASTROM and KICK options), to overcome certain problems for those of you
who have one continuous block of memory consisting of 32 Bit memory (lower part)
and 16 Bit memory (upper part). In such a case CpuControl would locate  the  ROM
image in 16 Bit memory, resulting in a somewhat poorer performance. However, the
use of this patched version can cause increased memory fragmentation.

3. The email address has changed in case you want to contact me. See  the  guide
file section 'How to contact' for more info.

4. For more information about the changes and bugfixes see the guide file.




Coming up a general remark concerning the future development of CpuControl:


It is not very likely that I will spend  any  more  time  in  programming  Amiga
software.  The reason for this is that I don't see a future for the Amiga, or in
other words, in my opinion the Amiga is almost DEAD. I am very sorry about this,
because  I really like my Amiga, but there hasn't been any real innovation after
the AA  chipset  was  introduced.  If  you  compare  price  and  performance  of
up-to-date PCs to the Amiga you have to admit that the Amiga with its antiquated
technology cannot compete any longer. Many people talk about PowerPC Amigas  and
a  revival  of the Amiga, but I haven't yet seen anything of it. Viscorp makes a
lot of promises, but I don't believe that they will manage to produce  a  really
innovative Amiga at a reasonable price that is able to keep up with the PC crap.
(However, the above lines do not imply that I trash my Amiga at once in order to
buy  a  PC  or  any  other  computer.  I want to wait some more time to see what
happens [maybe there's a miracle ?]). That's all I want to say about this topic
for the moment. Please note that the opinion expressed above is my very own; I
am aware that it may be contrary to the opinion of other Amiga users.
Nevertheless, you can still contact me for bug reports etc.





Last but not least I want to say 'Thanx' to all of you who  sent  me  emails  or
postcards !!!! May the force always be with you ;) .