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ST INIT v 3.1
M J H
March 1991
INTRODUCTION
This program will allow you to select which desk accessories and
whichprograms contained within the auto folder should be loaded when
the ST is initialised. It will work with floppy disks and
auto-booting harddisks.
This program is released as shareware, if you have any trouble with
this program just leave a message for me at the address given at
the end of this file.
If you use this program you do so at your own risk! I will not be
held responsible for any damage to disks, or the information
contained on disks or the computers and T.Vs (monitors)
HOW TO INSTALL ST_INIT.PRG
To use, place the program in the AUTO folder of your boot disk or
HardDrive if it has auto-boot capability. Make sure the program is
the first one to be run. To do this, move all programs on to another
disk or ramdisk and copy them back into the AUTO folder in the order
that you want them to be run in. Note that ST_INIT.PRG will display
ALL files in the order that they are stored on the disk.
USING ST_INIT.PRG
When used with floppy disks, the program also reads the boot sector
and checks whether it is executable or not. It does NOT re-write the
boot sector - that is left for you to do with a proper virus killer
program. The program can also read a new disk. This means that it is
not necessary to turn the ST off if you have booted with the wrong
disk. Just insert the disk and press 'N' until you have found the
correct disk to boot from.
Only single key presses are required. The only time it is necessary
to press return is when entering the date and the time. No
punctuation is allowed when entering the date or the time, just enter
the numbers
ie 2nd January 1989 is entered as 020189[return].
COMMANDS
Use the cursor keys to move the cursor about the screen and the
spacebar or the return key to select or de-select programs and
accessories.
A - Toggle Auto-Boot program (TOS 1.4 onwards) A file must
have already been installed as auro-booting via the
desktop for this to work
F - Change screen frequency (Colour Only) NOTE some TV's can
handle 60hz, if yours can't, just press 'F' again to reset to
50hz
N - Re-read the disk (Floppy disk only)
R - Change screen resolution (Colour Only or TT030)
S - as above
T - Set the date and the time
V - Turn off/on the verify flag for floppy disks.
Esc - Exit. The program will rename the files selected or
de-selected by you. If there is a DESKTOP.INF file in the
root directory, the program will alter the resolution flag to
match the selected screen resolution and re-write the
DESKTOP.INF file back to the disk.
LIMITATIONS
The program can only control 114 desk accessories, and 38 programs in
the AUTO folder. I don't even use half this many so i'm not
really interested in having the ability to handle more. You will
only be able to get about 20 on a floppy disk anyway.
If there is an error with the disk when trying to rename the files,
the program will simply ignore it and continue on to the next file
afterdisplaying an error message, rather than hanging around waiting
for the disk to sort itself out. This means the file may not be
renamed when exiting the program.
This program should run without any problems on any ST as it only
uses legal calls to the Operating System.
***
Version 1 was called 'ACCLOAD', and was only capable of handling up
to 160 desk accessories, and was tested on floppy disks and hard
drives for over a year.
Version 2 had the following additions:
1) Flashing cursor
2) Free Ram Indicator
3) Ability to change screen frequency
4) Date and time continuously displayed on the main screen
5) Ability to control which files in the auto folder are to be
loaded and run.
6) A much nicer presentation screen
Version 2 was modified to handle the bug in TOS version 1.6 with
regards to the DESKTOP.INF file, so that the STE 1.6 ROMs can be set
to medium res by the desktop. - Completed 23/2/90.
Subsequent version 2.x were mainly bug fixes, and the title screen
was created using the A-Line routines instead of using graphic blocks
which reduced the file size by 70%
Version 3.0 (February 1991)
This version was introduced to handle some of the newer features of
the new TT030 machine. This machine has two lots of memory banks
called ST and TT memory - this program will detect which type of
machine it is running on and display the free memory for both types
of RAM.
Also, the TT introduces 2 new screen resolutions and still retains
the ability to display ALL of the current ST resolutions, and this
program will allow you to select any of the valid resolutions,
while still allowing either colour or Hi res only on the ST.
Other additions :
A new command [A] is available to allow you to toggle whether the
file installed in the DESKTOP.INF file will be Auto-booted or
not. This feature is only available in TOS version 1.4 and higher.
The cursor can now be controlled with the mouse, the left button acts
as though the [SPACE] bar has been pressed and the right mouse button
acts as though the [ESC] key has been pressed.
NOTE - IF YOU TRY RUNNING THIS PROGRAM FROM THE DESKTOP, WHEN YOU
EXIT YOUR MOUSE WILL BE SENT TO NEVER-NEVER LAND!
The screen resolution now defaults to the flag set in the
DESKTOP.INF file. However, version 3.0 was not too intelligent in
detecting this - one problem was this - if the machine was booted in
colour, and a disk with the DESKTOP.INF file was configured for hi
res (ie especially TOS 1.6), the program would not let you change
resolutions - this was VERY anoying on certain STE machines with a
certain bug. Say no more.
Version 3.1 (hopefully) fixes this problem, and also adds yet
another new feature - if there is no key or mouse movement for a
period of just over 2 minutes the program will exit and process
any changes already selected (if there are any).
**********************************************************************
All versions of STINTxxx.PRG have been tested on the
following machines (mainly with Hard Drives) :
1040 STF (TOS 1.2)
1040 STE (TOS 1.6)
MEGA ST4 (TOS 1.2 and TOS 1.4)
TT030 (TOS 3.01)
Remember - there could be a few glitches with certain floppy disk
set-ups, however I didn't find any on mine when I tried it, but if
you do find any bugs or quirks please let me know and I will try to
fix them
Version 3.* Written in 100% assembler using DevpacTT from HiSoft.
Please send your contributions $20.00 or whatever you feel it is
worth to the address at the end of this file.
Thanks Mike..
11/3/91
Mike Horwell
Barbary Park
Trematon
Cornwall
England
PL12 4RT
tel. 0752 840012
+44 752 840012