╘HE MAIN MENU IS WHAT YOU IN THE FUTURE ARE GOING TO SEE WHEN YOU POWER UP OR RESET YOUR 128. ╒PON POWER UP, ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL CHANGE THE FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS AND SET THE SCREEN COLORS. ╔F YOU DON'T LIKE THE NEW ╞-KEYS OR COLORS, PLEASE REFER TO APPENDIX ┬ ON HOW YOU CAN HAVE THEM CHANGED IF YOU SO DESIRE. ├HANGING THE ╞-KEYS IS THE KEY TO ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘'S HIGH LEVEL OF COMPATIBILITY. ┼XCEPT FOR COLORS & ╞-KEYS, ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ DON'T CHANGE OR INTERFERE WITH YOUR COMPUTER.
┘OU WILL NOTICE THAT YOUR DRIVE WON'T GO CLICK-WHIZZ-CLICK-CLICK ANYMORE, KNOCKING THE HEADS ALL OVER THE PLACE, TRYING TO AUTOBOOT A DISK. ╞URTHERMORE, THE COMPUTER WON'T REBOOT WHEN LEAVING AN APPLICATION. ╘HIS FEATURE IS INCLUDED TO SAVE WEAR AND TEAR ON YOUR DRIVE AS WELL AS YOUR NERVES.
╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ SUPPORTS BOTH 40 AND 80 COLUMN MODE. ╔N 80 COLUMN MODE, THE COMPUTER WILL ALWAYS OPERATE IN FAST (2═HZ) MODE, AND WILL STILL BE IN FAST MODE WHENEVER YOU EXIT ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘. ╘O INSURE COMPATIBILITY, ALL 64 MODE FEATURES, "BOOT DISK" AND "├ALL EXROM" WILL PUT THE COMPUTER INTO SLOW (1═HZ) MODE REGARDLESS OF SCREEN MODE.
╬O FUNCTION ON THE MAIN MENU INTERFERE WITH THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY; USING THE FEATURES HERE WON'T INTERFERE WITH ANY PROGRAMS, VARIABLES OR OTHER THINGS ALREADY IN MEMORY. ╘HE EXCEPTIONS FROM THIS RULE ARE OBVIOUS: ╔F YOU LOAD A ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM FOR EXAMPLE, IT WILL OF COURSE REPLACE ANY ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM WHICH HAPPENED TO BE IN THE MEMORY ALREADY.
┬YPASSING THE MENU:
╘HERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO BYPASS ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ MAIN MENU WHEN YOU TURN ON OR RESET YOUR COMPUTER. ┘OU CAN HOLD DOWN THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY WHICH WILL DROP YOU INTO THE 128'S ═╠ MONITOR. ┴LTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN HOLD DOWN THE ├= KEY ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF YOUR KEYBOARD, WHICH WILL IMMEDIATELY MAKE THE COMPUTER GO INTO ├64 MODE. ┴S YOU CAN SEE, BOTH WORK EXACTLY AS IF ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WAS NOT PRESENT.
╔F YOU MOUNT A 128 MODE ╥╧═ CARTRIDGE INTO THE ┼XPANSION PORT, IT WILL PROBABLY, DEPENDING ON IT'S DESIGN, BYPASS ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘. ╔F ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ ITSELF IS MOUNTED EXTERNALLY, IT WILL BYPASS ANY INTERNAL ╥╧═ YOU MIGHT HAVE. ╚OWEVER, USING THE "├ALL EXROM" COMMAND ON THE MAIN MENU WILL ENABLE YOU TO ACCESS THE INTERNAL ╥╧═.
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘! - ┼SCAPE KEYS: ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ RESPOND TO THE ┼╙├ KEY AS AN ALL-PURPOSE PANIC BUTTON. ╔F YOU HAVE CHOSEN A FUNCTION, BUT LATER FIND THAT IT WAS NOT SUCH A GOOD IDEA, PRESS THE ┼╙├ KEY. ╘HE ┼╙├ KEY WILL LET YOU EXIT FROM EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE! ╘HE ONLY EXCEPTION IS WHEN A DISK OPERATION IS IN PROGRESS (READING OR WRITING TO DISK). ╘HEN, THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY WILL IN MOST CASES BE ABLE TO ABORT. ╨LEASE NOTE THAT THE ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ KEY MAY HAVE TO BE HELD DOWN FIRMLY FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ RESPONDS.
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘! - ╘HE SHIFT KEYS: ╫HEN USING ALL DISK RELATED SELECTIONS ON THE MAIN MENU, THE STATE OF THE SHIFT KEYS ARE SIGNIFICANT. ╫HEN NONE OF THE SHIFT KEYS ARE HELD DOWN, ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL ACCESS DEVICE 8. ╔F YOU HOLD DOWN ╙╚╔╞╘, DEVICE 9 WILL BE ACCESSED, DEVICE 10 CAN BE ACCESSED BY ├=, DEVICE 11 BY ├╧╬╘╥╧╠, AND FINALLY DEVICE 12 BY ┴╠╘. ╔F YOU TRY TO ACCESS A DEVICE WHICH IS NOT PRESENT, YOU WILL HEAR A "PING", AND THE MENU WILL REAPPEAR. ╔F YOU'RE GETTING PINGS WHEN YOU THINK YOU SHOULDN'T, CHECK THAT THE ╙╚╔╞╘ ╠╧├╦ IS UP, THAT YOU'RE USING THE PROPER SHIFT KEY, AND THAT THE DRIVE YOU TRY TO ACCESS IS PROPERLY CONNECTED AND TURNED ON. ┘OU WILL ALSO GET PINGS IF THE DISK IS MISSING, THE DRIVE DOOR ISN'T CLOSED, OR IF OTHER GENERAL DISK ERRORS OCCURS.
