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Thing 0.54 README.TXT
Copyrights (c) 1994/95 Arno Welzel Read Me
TOS2GEM (c) Thomas Binder (binder@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de)
ST-Guide (c) Holger Weets (Holger_Weets@OL.maus.de)
'Dcheneva' fonts (c) Thomas Schulze (ts@uni-paderborn.de)
English version
UK software support by Joe Connor - see SUPPORT.TXT for details.
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Thing is not Public Domain!
If you want to use Thing permanently, you should register as user.
See REGISTER.TXT for details.
Thanks!
Snail Mail: Arno Welzel
Georgenstrasse 55
86152 Augsburg
EMail: aw@zaphot.augusta.de (Internet)
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Update of Version 0.44
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I M P O R T A N T
Users of MagiC!3 has to copy the shutdown program SHUTDOWN.PRG and
its configuration file SHUTDOWN.INF from the directory
C:\GEMSYS\GEMDESK\ to the home directory of Thing!
Otherwise the shutdown of MagiC!3 will not work and you may loose
data when using the 'write back cache' WBDAEMON.
To update an older version, copy the following files:
TOS2GEM\ .... to the AUTO folder
TOS2GEM.PRG
THING\ .... to the folder of Thing
THING.APP
THINGICN.PRG
DOC\ .... to the GUIDES folder of ST-Guide
THING.HYP
THING.REF
THINGICN.HYP
THINGICN.REF
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Contents of archive
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You should find the following files:
README.TXT .... this file ;-)
SUPPORT.TXT .... details about UK software support
REGISTER.TXT .... registration form
THING\ .... all required files for Thing
THING.APP
THINGRUN.PRG
ICONS.RSC
ICONS.INF
MONOICON.RSC
THINGICN.PRG
PICTURES\ .... some GEM images, wich may be used as
ATARI.IMG 'background pictures' for Thing
BACKGRND.IMG
DESKTOP.IMG
INTEL.IMG
KACHEL1.IMG
KACHEL2.IMG
THING_C.IMG
THING_D2.IMG
DOC\ .... documentation and further infos
THING.HYP
THING.REF
THINGICN.HYP
THINGICN.REF
VAPROTO.H
THINGICN.TXT
ST-GUIDE\ .... small english distribution of ST-Guide by
ST-GUIDE.ACC Holger Weets, wich is required to display the
ST-GUIDE.INF online manual of Thing
STG-LITE.TXT
GUIDES\
ST-GUIDE.HYP
ST-GUIDE.REF
TOS2GEM\ .... TOS2GEM from Thomas Binder, wich is required to
T2GRESET.PRG use the console window of Thing
TOS2GEM.PRG
TOS2GEM.TXT
GEMSYS\ .... several GDOS fonts
THING04.FNT
THING10.FNT
DCHENM05.FNT
DCHENM07.FNT
DCHENM10.FNT
DCHENP07.FNT
DCHENP10.FNT
DCHENP13.FNT
PINPOINT\ .... PinPoint - the 'notebook' for Thing from
PINPOINT.APP Holger Weets
PINPOINT.INF
PINPOINT.TXT
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System requirements
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Thing is can be used with MagiC (2.00 or later), TOS (1.04 or later)
or MultiTOS. Alternate file systems with MiNT (MinixFS etc.) or
MagiC Mac will be supported as well.
Using Thing with TOS 1.02 or TOS 1.00 is not possible - sorry!
Changes for such old version of TOS would be too complex and
could not be done in a 'clean' way, as TOS 1.04 and later contains
some very important system functions, wich are missing in TOS 1.02
and TOS 1.00!
Please get a newer version of TOS (2.06 would be the best) or
use MagiC.
To display the online manual of Thing (hypertext documentation),
ST-Guide from Holger Weets is required.
If you want to use the console window of Thing, you have to install
TOS2GEM by Thomas Binder.
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Installation
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Thing
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Create a new folder for Thing (e.g. C:\THING). Now copy all files
from the folder THING - except MONOICON.RSC - to this folder.
Your new folder should contain now:
THING.APP
THINGRUN.PRG
ICONS.RSC
ICONS.INF
THINGICN.PRG
If you want to save memory or if you are working with a monochrome
display only, you can use the 'small version' of ICONS.RSC -
- MONOICON.RSC. Delete ICONS.RSC and copy MONOICONS.RSC to the
folder of Thing. After copying, you have to rename the file to
ICONS.RSC - otherwise Thing will not work! MONOICON.RSC contains
the same icons as ICONS.RSC - but without colours and animation.
Online manual (hypertext documentation)
---------------------------------------
To display the online manual, ST-Guide from Holger Weets has to be
installed as accessory.
Installing ST-Guide
-------------------
Copy ST-GUIDE.ACC and ST-GUIDE.INF from the folder ST-GUIDE to
your boot partition (e.g. C:\ if your systems boots from
drive C).
Now create a new folder for the hypertext files (e.g. D:\GUIDES).
Change the entry 'HYPFOLD' in the configuration file
ST-GUIDE.INF. This entry tells ST-Guide, where to search for
hypertext files. If you use D:\GUIDES for these files, the entry
must be:
HYPFOLD=D:\GUIDES\
Now copy ST-GUIDE.HYP and ST-GUIDE.REF to this folder. These
files contain a hypertext documentation of ST-Guide.
Installing the online manual of Thing
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Copy THING.HYP, THING.REF, THINGICN.HYP and THINGICN.REF from the
folder DOC to the GUIDES folder (as described above) of ST-Guide.
TOS2GEM
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If you want to use the console window of Thing, you have to
install TOS2GEM by Thomas Binder. Just copy TOS2GEM.PRG from the
folder TOS2GEM to your AUTO folder an re-boot your system. Please
refer TOS2GEM.TXT for details about this tool.
Alternate AES system font with MagiC
------------------------------------
MagiC 2.00 or later allows you to use an alternate AES system font,
when a GDOS (AMC-GDOS, NVDI etc.) is installed. This is not
neccessary to use Thing - it's just an option.
You will find the font 'Thing System' in the folder GEMSYS.
After copying the font files to your GEMSYS folder and registering
them in ASSIGN.SYS, the font can be registered with the following
entry in MAGX.INF:
#_TXT 10 4 99
Please note: All changes in MAGX.INF must be before '#_CTR'!
The entry '#_TXT' must only be used once!
Now you have to setup your operating system...
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Setting up the operating system
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Thing and Single-TOS
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Register Thing as an 'autostart application' in the Atari desktop.
Starting Thing from the AUTO folder is not possible!
Thing and MagiC
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To use Thing as a shell for MagiC and as 'AV server', you have to
add the following entries to the file MAGX.INF:
#_SHL ...\THING.APP
#_ENV AVSERVER=THING
Replace '...' by the real path of Thing (e.g. C:\THING). Thing will
be started automatically when re-booting the system.
Please note: All changes in MAGX.INF must be before '#_CTR'!
The entry '#_SHL' must only