
                     MagiC IDE Patch v2.1 (July 10, 1997)
               Written by Daniel Hedberg of New Beat Development



     WHAT THIS PATCH DOES
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     MAGPATCH.TTP forces MagiC to skip the check for IDE drives on Atari
     Falcon030 compatible computers. This check is very annoying on
     systems with SCSI devices only as it takes MagiC almost a minute to
     discover there are no IDE drives present.

     MagiC IDE Patch now also supports the H&N Multiboard for the
     Atari ST. This board provides the Atari ST with up to 8 Mb of
     TT-RAM, TOS v2.06 and, the possibility to connect IDE devices.
     If no IDE device is present, use this patch to speed up the boot
     sequence of MagiC.

     This version should be able to patch all currently existing and
     future versions of MagiC. For safety reasons, make sure you have a
     backup of the MAGIC.RAM file before you go ahead and patch it.

     I take no responsibility whatsoever for this patch, you are
     entirerly on your own if you intend to use it.



     HOW TO USE IT
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     The easiest way to patch your copy of MagiC is by using the "drag
     and drop" technique. Locate the MAGIC.RAM file (should be located in
     the root-directory of your boot drive) and drag it to the
     MAGPATCH.TTP file, and drop it when it becomes selected.
  
     Another way is to double click on the MAGPATCH.TTP file and enter
     the path to the MAGIC.RAM file (e.g. C:\MAGIC.RAM) in the dialog box
     that appears.

     The program will now load the MAGIC.RAM file and patch it. If
     anything goes wrong you will be notified. If not, you will never
     have to wait in agony for MagiC to boot-up anymore.



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