A boot sector program that's useful
Bootsie is a utility by Stefan Krey writes a boot sector on a floppy to perform nifty system init functions. These are useful for Atari's with a hard drive or those fortunate enough to own a MSTE, TT, or Falcon. By default, my Mega STe boots up in an 8MHz "compatibility mode" which is great for gaming but lame for everything else. After all, the boot process from start to end will be slower than if it were running at 16MHz.
Enter Bootsie to set the processor speed to steroid mode! And it can do more cool stuff, such as CPU caching, activating the Blitter chip, 60Hz display, etc. What a fantastic utility that helps make a computer as ultra-zippy as possible. Download it right now from Atari ST Essential Software List.
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