Code to boot into PAL or NTSC modes?

[desiv]

If it is a floppy disk emulator then surely it works exactly like a real floppy disk works?

While I agree that it should work that way (I don't have one)..

It would be nice to not have to do that, and if the floppy emulator menu could, it would be nice...

desiv
p.s.  Here's some code for doing the opposite.  Haven't looked too much at the source, but could help.
http://cd.textfiles.com/sourcecode/usenet/compsrcs/amiga/volume90/util/ntscboot

[desiv]

But its a disk emulator.  Surely it can boot a palboot disk in say... 0.1 seconds?

It still depends..
If I can have a setting per disk image, and select that disk image and it knows to boot it into PAL, then I don't have to select the PALboot disk image, wait 0.1 seconds and then select the disk image I want.
It's not the time to load the disk, but the time for the process that can be saved.

Again, I agree it's not a big deal, BUT..
If they can make it all in one selection, then it's that much easier..

Also, here's a better page with info on switching..
http://thecryptmag.com/Online/49/PaltoNTSCandBack.html

desiv

[desiv]

No, it is possible..
The HxC let's you swap disks...
BUT, he's talking about the Amiga disk menu program that they have.

The HxC allows disk changes with buttons and an LCD, and that works...

But they have a full screen Amiga program that lets you choose which disk (again, you don't HAVE to use that, you can use the LCD and the buttons).  But using THIS program (as it's an Amiga program), you can't run a degrader disk  and then the game.
So you couldn't use that program to load Degrader, choose PAL, then reboot to THAT program again to choose your next disk.
Now, you can use the buttons and the LCD...
So you don't have to worry about running multi-disk games!!!

BUT, IF you ONLY want to use that menu program to load games AND have them be in PAL, having that program place the system in PAL would work.

And many many many more games are PAL than have weird requirements around memory config.

So this isn't about the HxC not being able to do it..
It's about the menu disk choice Amiga program.....

desiv

[desiv]

But its an Amiga.  Any program can run any other program.  Its called Multitasking.

Well, not ANY program, but that is true..

Their special bootmenu program can have a "Run Degrader" option.  Which then runs Degrader.  Quick ten minute fix.

If Degrader multitasks happily, and so does their app, that would work great!!
Heck, just spawn degrader in the background and tell the user to Amiga-M to get to it.  ;-)

desiv