Old driver disks and "new" OS 3.9 (68040.library for example)

[blakespot]

I just installed OS 3.9 and noticed that contrary to what I see on the usenet, there is no 68040.library or 68060.library in Libs/.  Had some apps not loading - so I coped:

68040.library
68040new.library
68060.library

from the Blizzard A1260 disk I have and now they run.  There's lots of other commands too that the installer on the floppy might install, but I am afraid of that since 3.9 is more recent than this disk.  I see it has an older ver of SetPatch on the floppy.  So I've copied a few things over by hand and hope I am doing a good job of guessing what is called for.

I guess that's a big issue - taking old driver disks and working them into a more recent OS without hitches.  As for the libs above - what is the deal with 68040 vs. 68040new?

Thanks..



bp

[jeffimix]

I'm not sure with the new v 'old' drivers, but using a 68060 make sure the 68040 lib your using is really small, because it should just point to the 68060 lib!

[Damion]

Indeed, older versions of "setpatch" were not coded to look
for a "68060.library", so a dummy "68040.library" is first
loaded, which then loads the 060 library.

Later versions of setpatch (BB1+?) are coded to look for the 060
library, so you don't need any dummy libs when using them.

Simply enter "setpatch" into your shell, and if you see the words
"68060 support code loaded", you do not need the dummy (or any)
040 lib.

Conversely, you can manually edit an older version of setpatch yourself
(any "hex" editor should work) to directly load the "68060.library".

[lurkist]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!

You, sir are a HERO!!!
I happened along this thread and edited my setpatch with "HexEd" on Aminet, now it FLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always wondered if i was missing something from my 060, you have shown me the light!
Hypothetical pint on me, mate!

Lurkist

[blakespot]

I have SetPatch v44.17.  I also have the 692-byte 68040.library and the 102K 68060.library in Libs/.  I run SetPatch and it says:

68040 Support Code Loaded

...no 060 mention.  What should I do?



blakespot

[Damion]

@lurkist

>Hypothetical pint on me, mate!

Cheers! :pint: Should run much more stable now.

(HexEd rules BTW...one of my favorite "oldies but goodies"


@blakespot

You're probably just running an older version of "setpatch" that
only detects the 040 library...so everything should be fine. 060
systems run really slow/horrible and unstable on just the "real"
040 library (so you'd probably know by now if it wasn't working).

Too be sure, use the latest "setpatch" version from BB2...then
you can ditch everything but the "68060.library" and be positive
that everything is loaded OK.

 

[zipper]

I think BB2 setpatch is the only one that recognizes 060 and so needs no stub library anymore except if you want to change several different accelerators with the same s/w.

[blakespot]

The SetPatch I am running came from OS 3.9.  As I said earlier, there was no 68060.library installed in OS 3.9.  I grabbed the

68040.library
68040new.library
68060.library

from the floppy that came with my Blizzard A1260 and threw them in Libs/.  Is OS 3.9 = BB2?  How do I get the latest SetPatch from BB2?  Since current SetPatch for me (one that came with OS 3.9) mentions only 040 - does that mean I am not getting certain accelerator advantages of 060?

Thanks.




blakespot

[zipper]

You can get BoingBag 2 from haage-partner.com, but a quick check did show it only on german pages - but I'm not sure.

[blakespot]

Please provide a direct link.  I assume this is free?

Thanks.




blakespot

[blakespot]

Can someone send me the BB2 "SetPatch" so that my 060 will be recognized??  (I assume this is legal - I own 3.9 - twice).

Thanks.




blakespot

[Damion]

Hi blakespot,

Old setpatch will only report that it's loaded the 040 library, even though
in this case the (dummy) 040 library loaded the 060 library.

Here's a link to the updates. I think you have to install BB1
first before installing BB2.

[zipper]

>I think you have to install BB1 first before installing BB2.

So they write there.