Short:        provides detailed info about expansions
Author:       marcus.gerards@gmail.com (Marcus Gerards)
Uploader:     marcus gerards gmail com (Marcus Gerards)
Type:         util/libs
Version:      3.82
Replaces:     util/libs/BoardsLib.lha
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

boards.library README  11/Feb/2023

NOTE: This version of boards.library has been shipped with AmigaOS 3.2.2, too.
      Therefore, users of 3.2.2 can skip this version.  

Introduction:

This library decodes manufacturer IDs and product IDs of Amiga autoconfig 
hardware. So - in short - it'll show you what stuff there is inside your 
machine and who made it. It's supported by other tools which provide 
information about your system, like "WhichAmiga" by Harry Sintonen or 
Report+ by James Jacobs. 

Version information:

This release has been developed and tested on various Amiga hardware, both 
real and emulated, but may contain bugs, crash your machine and frighten your
cat. 

V3.82:

- boards.library
    + due to an ancient bug, a random board would be displayed when an unknown 
      boardID of a known manufacturer was found.
     (thanks go to Michal Schulz for providing the fix!)
    + boards.library contained quite a lot of non-existing fake productIDs for
      historical reasons. Now removed.
     (happy end and removal provided by Richard Koerber - thanks, Richard! :-)) 
    + added Firestorm V4 by ApolloTeam
    + added Icedrake V4 by ApolloTeam
    + added Manticore V4 by ApolloTeam
    + added FreewayPro by Matthias Hampel
    + added Freeway Triton(Z3 & Z2), Freeway Triton Flash, 
      Freeway Triton Rescue-Image by Matthias Hampel
    + added Amiblaster & Amiblaster MP3 by Matthias Hampel
    + added Warp DDR3 FastRAM, Warp GFX RAM, Warp Registers & DualPort RAM,
      Warp QSPI Flash by CS-Lab
    + added ROMulus by dec0de Consulting Ltd.
    + added FastRAM 2000 RAM card by Masoboshi.
      (thanks go to vegatronic@a1k.org)
    + added CDTV accelerator with co-processor by Marcin Rönndahl
    + added ACA 1221LC by IComp (thanks to Ralf Hasemann for reporting)
	
- 711 boards (including variants) known

V3.70:

- boards.library
    + changed version string to standard BumpRev formatting
      (thanks go to Luca Longone for prodding me. ;-) )
    + added 30t 68020 accelerator by Rafal Gabriel Chyla
      (thanks go to Bjoern Koerner for reporting)
    + added Zorro II RAM expansion by Michal Schulz
    + added Zorro III Device Tree by Michal Schulz
    + added Zorro III Broadcom SDHC controller by Michal Schulz
    + added Expansion for 68030TK by Matze (A1k.org)
    + added 68EC020TK RAM (8 MB - config) by Matze (A1k.org)
    + added 68EC020TK RAM (4+2 MB - config) by Matze (A1k.org)
    + added 68030TK2 by Matze (A1k.org)
    + added Fat Olga A2000-030TK (A1k.org)
    + added romdisk by cnvogelg/nospam2000 (A1k.org)
    + added A600 8MB RAM by AmigaKit
    + added A500 8MB RAM by AmigaKit
    + added A1200 8MB RAM v2 flash by AmigaKit
    + added ZorRam 8MB RAM v2 flash by AmigaKit
      (thanks go to Anthony Hoffman for developing and reporting) 
    + added Freeway USB Host Controller by Matthias Hampel
    
- 700 boards (including variants) known


Developer information:

If you're developing a new piece of hardware for M68k-Amigas, please read the 
according section of BoardsLib.guide (enclosed in the archive).

If you're a software developer and still use the 2.x release, you MUST check out the 
modified API. The archive contains full developer documentation and 
include-files for C and assembly language. 


*Your help is needed*

Get your weirdest and latest expansion boards out of your storage boxes, run 
showboards on your machine and give me your feedback every time you encounter 
an unknown board or anything strange. And if you are/were a developer of 
hardware yourself and know some details about you cards' serial information 
encoding, let me know as well. 

I also enjoy "showboards"-outputs of fully loaded machines or those containing 
rare pieces of hardware. Yes, developers' needs can be quite simple. ;-)  

You can reach me via:

marcus.gerards@gmail.com