P47 Thunderbolt WHDLoad Pack

README
Short:    HD Installer for P47 Thunderbolt v1.1
Author:   DJ Mike (djmike@crystalmike.com), ICQ: 35028461
Uploader: DJ Mike (djmike@crystalmike.com)
Version:  1.1
Type:     game/patch
Requires: WHDLoad 15 (registered), RawDIC 1.3, 512k chip mem

This patch applies to "P47 Thunderbolt" © 1990 Firebird

SUPPORTED RELEASES:
- Original release [SPS #1227]
- Budget (Air Sea Supremacy) release [SPS #1873]

Thanks to Mike West and Mark Knibbs for supplying each version respectively!

ATTENTION! REGISTER NOW!
- WHDLoad is kept alive through the support of its users!
  - If you value this software then PLEASE REGISTER at http://www.whdload.de

REQUIREMENTS:
- Original floppy disk OR compatible disk image (see USING VIRTUAL DISK IMAGES)
- Slave requires WHDLoad V15+.
- RawDIC v1.3+ for the imager
- Your copy of WHDLoad must be REGISTERED
- Game requires 512k chip mem
  (+630k other memory for preload option)

FEATURES:
- Game loads entirely from HD
- Uses RawDIC imager to extract disk image for both versions
- Trackdisk protection on the Original version removed
- Numerous memory access faults fixed
- Blitter waits added
- Music player fixed for 060 machines (byte write to audio registers)
- Highscores preserved to and from HD (unless you cheat)
- Cheat mode - set CUSTOM1=1 for infinite lives, and level skip (press F1)
- Quit to Workbench at any time (Default key: F10)
- NewIcons/OS3.5Icons made by myself, BoxIcon made by Captain HIT

HISTORY:
- v1.0 (22.12.2005)
  - Initial release
- v1.01 (03.01.2006)
  - Fixed a crash when you turned music on/off from the options
- v1.1 (10.09.2006)
  - Music player fixed for 060 machines (byte write to audio registers)
  - Made some new OS3.5/NewIcons
  - Updated ReadMe with details of disk image usage

SUPPORT:
- Donations towards my own work writing installs are always appreciated.
  I may even send you a beta of what I'm working on next :-)
  - Donate by Paypal to: djmike@crystalmike.com

NOTES:

This install has been a very long time coming indeed! :-)

It was actually completed some time ago but I never got around to
releasing it, so it's been sitting dormant on my Amiga for ages
- but no longer! Consider it a Christmas 2005 present from me!

Greetings to Codetapper, Cfou!, Wepl and the rest of the WHDLoad team!

-- DJ Mike (22nd December 2005)

           Bug report form, full WHDLoad package and other installs:
                            http://www.whdload.de/

USING VIRTUAL DISK IMAGES:
This patch features tested support for installation from virtual disk images.
- To take advantage of this feature you must have the latest versions of:
  - RawDIC (at least v4.3)
  - TrackWarp (needed for reading from images)
- The latest versions of each may be found at http://www.whdload.de/whdload/

Disk images are a much faster means of installing and patching a game to be
run from your hard disk, and save your original floppies from possible damage!

During installation, when the RawDIC window appears, click the "Select File"
button. If TrackWarp is present, you will be asked to select a valid disk image
that you wish to use for the install. If you wish, you may click cancel and use
a real disk as normal.

Refer to the table below for details of tested, compatible image formats.

            .--- DISK IMAGE COMPATIBILITY ------------------.-----.
            | Amiga Disk File (.ADF)                        | NO  |
            | Interchangable Preservation Format (.IPF)     | YES |
            | WWarp (.WWP) / MFMWarp (.MFM)                 | YES |
            '-----------------------------------------------'-----'

PLEASE NOTE:
If a format is listed as compatible, this is not a guarantee that it will work.
You must use a disk image of a Supported Release.

The most compatible format is IPF, as long you are using is an official release
from the Software Preservation Society. Refer to the SUPPORTED RELEASES list for
details of SPS release numbers. (*) If no number is listed with a release, there
has not been an official SPS image released at this time. If an IPF is released
in the future, it may still be compatible, but again this is not guaranteed.

SPS release numbers are provided for reference only - for further details please
visit http://www.softpres.org