Atari Falcon030 Owners Manual

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1. he a c n 3 1 \n r uc i n 1S an ar ea ures 1 1O ns 1-2

Us ng his Manua 1 2Par : e ing S ar e 1 2Par Us ng he Desk 1-3Par A en ixes l ssaryan n ex -3S ecia a i ns -

Se ng Y ur Sys emPre aring a W rks aceC nnec ng he M use 1-C nnec ing he M ni r -6

he ni a er B ck 6C nnec ing he P wer Ca le 6

S ar ing Y ur Sys em 1 7B ing r m a ar isk 1 7B ing r m a y Disk 1C nnec ing Peri hera Devices 1-9

C nnec ing a SCS Device 9

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Part Usi the Desktop

3 he EM-Desk Bas c Desk Sk s 3

Us ng he M use 3- 1H ng he M use 3-2

M v ng he P n er 3-2

Se ec ng, 3-Se ec ng an c n 3-2

Dragg ng 3 3Drag ng an c n,3 3

Se ec ng Mu e c ns 3 4Us ng he Ru er an B x 3 5

Us ng Sh -c ck ng 3-5C m n ng Ru er an ng an Sh -c ck ng, 3-6

C n r ng he n er w h Keys r ke C m na ns, 3 6M v ng he P n er w h K ys r kes 3 7Se ec ng w h Keys r kes 3-7Dragg ng w h Keys r kes, 3 8

W n ws 3-8 O en ng an C s ng a W n w 3 9Scr ng a W n w, 3 10S z ng a W n w 3-M v ng a W n w 3- 2

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4. A Guided Tour of the Desktop, 4

The Menu Bar, 4

iv ontents

Desk Menu, 4-2Desk op Info, -2Con rol Panel, 2

Fi e Menu, -3Open, 4 3

Show Information, 4-4Search,4-5Dele e, 4-6Create Fol er, 4-6C ose Directory, 4-7C ose Top Window,4 7

Bottom to Top, 4 7Select all tems, 4-7Set Fi e Mask, 4-8 Format Floppy Disk, 9

View Menu, 4-9Show as Icons or Show as ext, 4 10

Sorting by Name!Da e/Size{ype, 4-10Si e o Fi ,4 1 1Se Color and S y e,4

Options Menu, 4- 2ns a l con, 4- 3

Install Application, - 17

nstall Devices, 4-22Set Prefe ences, 4-23Read NF Fi e, -24Desk op Configuration, 4 25Sa e Desk o , -26


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Desk A essories 27he Co trol Pa el -27Abo t -28 Set .. -28 Ad a ed Set p Optio s 3

Ope CPXs .. 33

CPX fo -33U load CPX .. 3

CPXs 3 e eral Set p 3 Stat s -3 A dio Feedba k -35

Chip Sele t -35So d -35Keyboard Respo se -35Do ble li k Res o se -36

Modem Set 36Serial Port Sele tor 37

Ba d Rate -37Parity -37B ts/Char -38 Stop Bits 38 Flow Co trol 38

Pri ter Set 39

Pri ter y e -39Color -39Pixels/li e - 0Q ality - 0Paper - 0

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Po t Colo Set p

T e Co o 2So nd Set p 2Window Colo s 2Con i e CPXs

Accele ato 5

5. Desktop Mana ement 5Wo kin with Di ecto iesFo de sand Files 5 1

dent yin a Di e to y Folde o Fi e5Displayin a Di ecto y o Folde 5 2

Files and Filenames 5 2Pathnames 5 5

Openin a Fi e5 File Se ecto 5

Openin a Data File 5 1File and Folde Mana ement 5 11

Copyin Files and Folde s 5 12Name Con ct D in Copyin5 3Movin Fi es and Fo de s5 3Renamin Fi es and Fo de s5 De etin Files and Folde s5 1 Updat n a Di ecto y 5 5

. M tiTOS 1

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The Advanta es of M tiTOS 1New Feat es 2

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Expa ded Desk Me u 6-3Adoptive Me u Ba s 6 3Foreg ou d a d Backg ou d App catio s 6-3Mo e Desktop Co ro 6-4Ease of se 6-4

Lau chi g App ica io s 6-4u i g a App cat o the Foreg ou d 6-

Ru i g a App cat o the Backg ou d 6-5

P I : Append xes, Gl ss nd Index

A Poi ter Co ro Quick efere ce A-

B. Adva ced Ha d Disk t ities B-Parki g a d parki g he Read r e Heads BPark g Dr ve Heads o A s B-2

pa k g the Dr ve Headss a g a d Removi g the Hard Disk D ver Fi e B 3

s a i g he Hard D sk D iver Fi e B-4emov g the Ha d Disk Drive F e B-4

Bypass g the Ha d Disk Drive F e B 5Fo matti g a d art tio i g the Ha d D sk B 5

Formatti g B 5Part tio i g B

Se ec i g a i to Part t o B 8 Se ec i g a Part t o g Scheme B 9Creat g a Customi ed Parti io i g Scheme B 9Se ecti g a Preset Part t o i g Scheme B-

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Part Usi ng the DesktopChapter 3 he GEM Deskt p te c e y u w d b ic t k n t ede kt p uc m v ng t e cur nd w rking wi w nd w .

Chapter 4 A Gu ded ur f the Deskt p intr duce y u t t e de kt pmenu c mm nd nd e tu e . i c p e l e pl n w t y u de kt p env r nmen u ing e C n r ne nd t v ri u C

Chapter 5 Deskt p Manage ent e c e y u w w rk w i d rect r eder nd e c p er tel y u w deve p n

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Chapter Adva ced Deskt p eatures i nt duce y u t Mul i y uc mpu er dv nced p e emp ive m ult it k ng env r nment

Part I Appendixes, Glossary, and ndexAppend x A Curs r C ntr l Qu ck Referencede cribe t e cu c i n ty u c n c nt u ing t e m u e keyb rd

Append x , Advanced Hard D sk t t esde c be e e u e t eAdv nced rd i k U i it e ( pr gr m.

Append x C r ublesh t ng and Ma ntenance e lu ti n pr b emy um y enc unte w i e e ng up r pe t ng y u c mpu e

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Append x D ec f cat nsumm e y ur y tem m j r e u e ndequ emen .

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Append x E, Connector Spec f cat onsgives specifications for the various

po ts and connectors on the systemAppend x Custo er Support te s you where to find more informationaboutyou Atari computer and other Ata i compute p oducts

Glossary defines common technica terms used in this manua as they re ato your computer

ndex he ps you ocate terms and procedures used or e p ained in themanua .

Special Notationshismanua uses specia notations to communicate i nformation effici ent y

Fo owi ng a e examp es of the specia notations as they appea th oughthis manua

Characters enc osed in s uare brackets ] represent keys on the keyboaFor e amp e when thi s guide in st ucts you to press eturn you shoupress the eturn key on the keyboard

When a procedure re uires you to use two or more keys at the same time thkeys are grouped together e g Contro ]

N tes hese nta n useful h nts and the nf mat n elevant t the t pbe n d s ussed

Caut ons hese alert you to potent a prob e s and suggest ays to avo dthose prob e s

Fi enames are capital ized For e amp e the W S F andC C fi es a e ocated on your com uter s anguage disk

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sunlight nd high humidity. Us surg prot ctor to prot ct h compug nst d m g c us d by bnorm l lows o l c rici y

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v i bl c pu r ds ur ng b upN te If u want t lea m ab ut u mpute bef e in fu h kip tChapter s ng ur C puter,then tu t this se ti n when u a e eadt ta t the s tem.

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Use the ol ow ng steps to boot p ro the h d d sk

1 Swi on any er herals a ached o e y em2 Sw c on he com u er a d h e mon o .

Wh le the co p ter s st t ng the oper t ng syste nd check ng the systee o y yo ll see the At r ogo on the ppe e t po t on o the screen

so see b d spl yed c oss the screen When the syste co p etes thee ory test the b r st rts to shr nk The st rt p process w ts or the b r to

shr nk co pletely be ore go ng on Th s prov des necess ry t eo t or extern l per pher ls there e no extern l per phe s tt ched to the cpress ny key to bo t the t e o t A terw rds the syste d sp ys the de

Note If the ompute annot nd the needed l on the ha d di k du in bootup it

load the default de ktop hi h doe not di play any ha d di k i on If thi o uhut o

the de ktop, eeAppend x C r ublesh t ng and Ma ntenance

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yo r syste doesn t cont n h rd d sk yo l w nt to boot the systecopy o the ng ge d sk n d ve A The ng ge d sk cont ns eco p ter e ds when t st rts the oper t ng syste . For ex ple the ngd sk cont ns D C . C the con eso rce le nd WDwh ch llows yo to c sto ze the yo t o the desktop e .

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2 Sw h o a ye i e als a a ed o he sys em.3 Sw h on e sys em.

N te If y u a e b t n the mpu e f m the an ua e d k and the de kt p fa lt appea hut d n the mpute . Make u e the d k e tly n e ted n dA and all able a e p pe ly and e u ely c nne ted. ta t the y t m a a n If thede kt p t ll fa l t appea eeAppend x C, r ublesh t ng and Ma ntenance

Connecting Peripheral Devices

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witch n l peripher l device bef re b ting up y ur c puter ing thpr cedure en ure th he c nnected peripher device ni ti l ize p

eePrecaut ns in he f l w ng ec i n f r re inf r ti n n c nnectinperipher l device

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2Using Your Compu r

L Th Fu m shi tion i d ign d o t h you bou b i ompu r- l t d o

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How a Co puter WorksA ompu r p o n tru t on to p rfo m t k Two x mpl in ru on r th op ting y t m in t u tion on you omput r

M mo y ROM hip, nd th in t u tion in n x ut b p og m di k. You omput r iv th n tru tion troni ignth n tor d t Th pro ing nd to ing of d t t of trg oup d tog th i h nd d by y t m of t on ompon nt

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If yo show window i e s s ex yo y w n o n rrow he windowonly e i e s n e nd ex ens on

f yo le ve he w ndows o en w en yo s ve e desk o hose windo en o he s e s ze nd os ion he nex i e yo swi on e wi ndow w i s n he oregro nd w en yo s ve he desk o wi ll be fo egro nd w ndow he nex i e yo swi h on e o e

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osi ion i o ied on he desk o he l s i e w s o ened

sk A sso sT e Con o nel s desk esso y h o es wi yo sys eT e o l ow ng se ion des ribes e on rol nel nd s ses

The Control Panel

T e Con o nel oordin es ny s l er rogr s lled on rol ex ens ons C Xs . T e i ni i l Con ol nel s reen d s l ys e nrren ly lo ded C Xs Yo n o en C X by osi ioning e oin e

des red C X nd do b e l k ng

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T e e a , i i t e i te ve t e O ti me . T em e b t T e O ti me d ay . M ve e te t t

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t l Pa el wi d w l e a d t e a e emai i e y w t y m e . T e m e e ly aved et w l bext me y wi t e m e .

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o ang w n1 2and 24 ou i , os ion h oin r ov h s co o o h wo d . C ck h ous u n. B o h hs c ion o s d s ay Mov h o n r un i h d s r d o s

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CPX over d Re o d CPXs

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ot You a t mu t CP for th ov CP o rat o U h ftk or rubb r ba d g to h h ht or tha o CP . If ou u rubb r

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CPX n e nd icon) o ded n o RAM W en you c u y o en n ct e bul o e le i n lo ded n o RAM o you c n u e e CPX W en

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Y r A ri m er h s w h w m h RAM reserve f r CPX sirm i he y se he M i im m m er f S l s, y re el g m e reserve e gh RAM e le s e s i f rm i f r

m er f CPXs If he m e f ive CPXs s r ime ex eeds he Mm er f Sl s y r m er reserves e gh RAM f h m er f CPX

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B if y s re CPX files i m e h e e he CPX ire ry P h m he dire y h i s he CPX files y w sh se

ot f th CP to Path too lo to d pla th bo u th l ft a d htoll a o to d pla th h dd t o of th path.

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Open CPXs . .

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mou e double c ic re o e a e a d he aud o feedbac al o allow you o a d off o o uch a CP Cache Sou d a d B TTER a d di lay ya ic uch a he OS ver o umber a d amou of ava l able RA M. O

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Ser l P r Se e r Ser al Po t Se e or a ow yo o e l t e omp ter w o e ava

por o e o e a a ve Sele t t e po t you a e u or t e o e e

B ud R e

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o bul et boa d y tem ual y l ed a o w e p o e mbeboard

o et e baud rate po t o e po e o e e Baud Rate bo opop p appea U e t e p a d dow a ow to ol ro e baud atee e o . W e e de ed ba d a e d p ay mo e t e po ter o

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Pr nter SetupAny pro ram may acc th pr nt r conf urat on t by th Pr nt r S tup P

amp th Pr nt Scr n opt on und r th Opt on m nu u th pr nt r nformat on Oth r ut t or appl cat on may not h c th manua u

your pro ram to f a pro ram can u th pr nt r tup nformat on

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