How to patch the ReSource executable to use one bitplane for its screen ======================================================================= Introduction ------------ ReSource, an Amiga disassembler from The Puzzle Factory is a superb product. However, with the introduction of version 6 the display routines were changed to make them more RTG-friendly. The new routines are significantly slower than those in version 5. The effect of this is especially bad for users with ECS machines. My preferred screenmode for running ReSource is Super72:High Res, 800×300. In four colours, this is almost unusably slow on my (accelerated) A2000. Changing the screen depth to 1 speeds things up greatly. Since the disassembled code only uses 1 colour (plus background), this is unaffected by the change. The only differences are cosmetic. The Patches ----------- I give explicit patches for versions 6.01 and 6.06, which are the only 6.x versions that I have. If a newer version exists, please let me know. If you have an older version, contact The Puzzle Factory for upgrade information. You can apply these patches with a binary file editor, such as Nicola Salmoria's Hex. Version 6.01 (10.05.94) ------------ Offset Change From Change To ------ ----------- --------- $019229 02 01 Version 6.06 (07.02.95) ------------ Offset Change From Change To ------ ----------- --------- $01DF35 02 01 If you have a different version of ReSource, try searching for the following sequence of bytes in the executable, and change the indicated byte: 2658 7802 204C ^^ Change to 01 -- Mark Knibbs mark_k@iname.com