December 23, 2017 (1) The new HVSC Update Tool only currently works on these platforms: - Windows (95 through to Win10) - Linux (Intel, ELF) Note also that as of HVSC Update #63, you _must_ use Update Tool 2.8.7 upwards. This is because the script relies on new directives which are only specified in this new version and it's compatible with the new v3 and v4 PSID specifications. Note that the Windows executable is the only version included with this Update. Please see the HVSC web page for links to all other operating system versions (URL at bottom). It will also work on other UNIX systems, but you will have to email for the source code. Please also do so if you would like to provide publicly available ports of the Update Tool for any other popular operating system. HVSC Update Tool 2.8.7 is backwards compatible with HVSC 2.0 upwards. If you wish to apply an HVSC update older than this one, you are advised to use the latest HVSC Update Tool included in this update. (2) The /update directory must reside directly within the HVSC Collection. We recommend the following for unzipping: Windows -> pkunzip -o -d HVSC_Update_??.zip UNIX -> unzip -o HVSC_Update_??.zip -d If the old Update Tool exists, choose overwrite. That is, always use the newest Update Tool. Windows users make sure to use a decompressor that can handle long file names (Winzip 6.0 and above does the job nicely). The updates are zipped two times in order to allow us to cram more SIDs in. More detailed information is given when you run the Update Tool. (3) Only run/unzip one update at a time. That is, don't unzip several updates at the same time into the same directory. Unzip and run each update separately, one after each other and in increasing order. Further, it is recommended that you delete the /update directory after you are successful with the update. The reason is that the Update Tool might not find the right update directory if two /update directories that differ in case are present. (4) It is safe to run the update on your collection even if you have unwisely modified the collection or if you only have a partial collection. If any problems occur, an error file will be generated which will list the errors. We recommend that you don't modify HV SIDs. (5) DO NOT RUN THE SAME UPDATE ON YOUR COLLECTION MORE THAN ONCE! You will damage some SIDs if you do! HVSC Web Page -> http://hvsc.c64.org/