Editing the KCS.INF file on the Special Edition of KCS_Midi AX

From a post on the Atari-Midi Egrp
By Atari-Midi member Gregory Rayee

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=> i've had a look at the kcs.inf file and
 it says '1100', followed by the paths from which
 tiger and midi-axe will be loaded. 

'1100' means that 1100 kb of kcs-memory is reserved
 for running non-dr.T-programs.(non-standard-mpe programs,
 for example a text editor)


midiaxe and tiger will always take the amount
 of ram they need from memory assigned to the kcs.
 
the memory assigned to kcs equals:
the total amount of your st' s ram minus 1100kb.


now i *think* the 'special edition kcs' will
 not work on a 1 meg st. 




=>
also, the kcsshift.inf file serves the purpose of:

only loading tiger if the shift key is being hold
 while the kcs is loading.

this file is in the special edition zip too.



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THEN:
perhaps it would be better for people with a 1 meg st, to:

1/ delete the tiger line in the kcs.inf-file. 

2/ and change the '1100' number to a lower
 number; or if you do not wish to use non-standard-mpe
 programs, you could not put in a number at all; then
 all available memory would be assigned to kcs+tiger+midi-axe
 when kcs is loaded.

(i think however, but am *not* sure of this ,that if you
 for example use an alternate file selector, selectric perhaps,
  you need to set a number or selectric will not run.
 80 kb will be enough for this.) 

now it would _still_ be possible to load tiger by simply
 pressing the shiftkey while kcs is loading.


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ALSO:
i think it is *not* necessary to put the 'a:\' path
 into the kcs.inf-file.
you just have to describe the path of the "axe2.inf"-file
 *as related to the "kcs.inf"-file*.



[then this autoloading system will work from whatever
 drive you run kcs from. 
or you could also put it in a folder called 'kcs' , 'james',
 or whatever you choose to name it. and still tiger and
 midi-axe will be loaded when kcs is started.]

for example:
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example 1:

suppose that axe2.inf is located in a folder called
 "axe" then "kcs.inf" would look like:
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1100
axe\axe2.inf
tiger\tiger.inf


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example 2:
if axe.inf is not in a folder as related to
 the "kcs.inf"-file )

(WHICH IS THE CASE OF THE SPECIAL EDITION ZIP!):
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80
axe2.inf
tiger\tiger.inf


now, in this example the 'autoload feature' will
 work if the 'special edition kcs' is not run from 'A:\'.

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example 3:

(THIS IS THE EXAMPLE FOR THE 1 MEG ST AND
 SPECIAL EDITION ZIP!)

if you don't want to load tiger automatically,
 your kcs.inf file should read:

80
axe2.inf

and if you wish to load tiger optionally with the shiftkey, 
the kcsshift.inf file should read:

tiger\tiger.inf 

note: this will also work from any drive.
note2: the kcs.inf file is already set up this way.
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Gregory Rayee