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Offline kolla

Re: HDToolBox
« Reply #14 from previous page: May 22, 2024, 01:46:16 PM »
The main difference between HDToolBox in OS 3.9 and HDToolBox in 3.2 is that they are written by entirely different people.

For OS 3.9, Joan Dow did a deep dive and created a new Reaction based HDToolBox and hdwrench.library pretty much from scratch, from what I understand. This HDToolBox supports ASKDEVICE tooltype which lets you pick which device it will use to scan for devices.

For OS 3.1.4 (and 3.2), the sources to Joan Dow's HDToolBox and hdwrench.library was not available and they (Olsen, I presume) went back to the sources of the 3.1 version, partly updating it to similar levels of the OS 3.9 one. But not quite, and certainly not without bugs.

So yes - keeping OS 3.9 HDToolBox and hdwrench.library (and resource.library) can be wise - especially if you have hardware that is slightly different than what's "mainstream".


And avoid HDInstTools.
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Offline nbache

Re: HDToolBox
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2024, 01:54:09 PM »
Joan -> Joanne, actually. [/nitpicking]

Best regards,

Niels
 
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Offline kolla

Re: HDToolBox
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2024, 02:18:59 PM »
Yes, thanks! :)
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A3000/060CSPPC+CVPPC/128MB + 256MB BigRAM/Deneb USB
A4000/CS060/Mediator4000Di/Voodoo5/128MB
A1200/Blz1260/IndyAGA/192MB
A1200/Blz1260/64MB
A1200/Blz1230III/32MB
A1200/ACA1221
A600/V600v2/Subway USB
A600/Apollo630/32MB
A600/A6095
CD32/SX32/32MB/Plipbox
CD32/TF328
A500/V500v2
A500/MTec520
CDTV
MiSTer, MiST, FleaFPGAs and original Minimig
Peg1, SAM440 and Mac minis with MorphOS