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- GETTING STARTED
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- The A64 Package is distributed on two disks. Disk #1 is for
- A64 and disk #2 is for The A64 Package's documentation and
- utilities. If you obtained your copy of The A64 Package from any
- source other than QuesTronix the first thing you should do is
- make sure your disks are set up correctly. See THE A64 PACKAGES
- FILE STRUCTURE section to make sure your disks are in order.
- Once you have verified that your disks are set up correctly you
- should make backups of them and store the originals in a safe
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- CREATING AN A64 WORKBENCH
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- If you have a hard disk and you want to install The A64 Package
- on it you can skip to the next section.
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- To use The A64 Package on a floppy based system you should create
- a WorkBench disk that will be used just for The A64 Package.
- Included with The A64 Package is a script file called MakeA64WB,
- this script file will automatically set up a WorkBench disk so it
- can be used with The A64 Package. You should note that MakeA64WB
- deletes some files from the Workbench disk so you should only use
- it with a copy of your normal WorkBench.
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- NOTE: To use MakeA64WB you must make sure disk #1 is named "A64"
- and disk #2 is named "A64 Doc & Utils."
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- To create a WorkBench disk for The A64 Package:
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- 1. Make a copy of your normal WorkBench disk.
- 2. Reboot your Amiga using the newly copied WorkBench. This
- must be done!
- 3. Insert the A64 disk (disk #1) into any drive.
- 4. Double-click the A64 disk icon to open the disk window.
- 5. Double-click TheA64Package drawer icon to open the drawer
- window.
- 6. Double-click the MakeA64WB icon.
- 7. A window will open and you will be prompted if it is ok to
- continue. Type Y to continue. MakeA64WB will then set up
- the WorkBench disk.
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- After creating an A64 WorkBench you are now ready to run A64.
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- NOTE: If you plan on using any of The A64 Packages Shell based
- utilities you should either add the following line to your
- Startup-Sequence or type it when you first open a Shell
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- INSTALLING THE A64 PACKAGE ON A HARD DISK
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- If you don't have a hard disk you can skip this section.
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- The optimum set up for The A64 Package is to install the entire
- package onto a hard disk.
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- To install The A64 Package on a hard disk:
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- 1. Insert the A64 disk (disk #1) into any drive.
- 2. Double-click the A64 disk icon to open the disk window.
- 3. Drag TheA64Package drawer from the A64 disk to the hard
- disk.
- 4. Double-click TheA64Package drawer icon (on the hard disk)
- to open the drawer window.
- 5. Insert the A64 Doc & Utils disk (disk #2) into any drive.
- 6. Drag the Doc and A64Utilities drawers into TheA64Package
- drawer window on the hard disk.
- 4. Double-click the InstallA64Font icon in TheA64Package
- drawer. A font that is needed by A64 will then be added
- to your fonts: directory.
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- After installing The A64 Package on your hard disk you are now
- ready to run A64.
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- NOTE: If you plan on using any of The A64 Packages Shell based
- utilities you should either add the following line to your
- Startup-Sequence or type it when you first open a Shell
- window: path sys:TheA64Package/A64Utilities add
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- MINIMUM INSTALLATION
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- It is possible to utilize The A64 Package without creating a
- separate WorkBench disk or installing The A64 Package on a hard
- disk. This method of installation is not recommended, but is
- listed to show the minimum set up required by The A64 Package.
- If you have created an A64 Workbench or installed The A64
- Package on your hard disk you can skip this section.
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- Before you can run A64 you must install a font onto the WorkBench
- disk that you will be using with A64. This is easily done by
- using the program "InstallA64Font" that is included with The A64
- Package.
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- To Install the A64 Font:
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- 1. Insert the A64 disk (disk #1) into any drive.
- 2. Double-click the A64 disk icon to open the disk window.
- 3. Double-click TheA64Package drawer icon to open the drawer
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- 4. Double-click the InstallA64Font icon in TheA64Package
- drawer. The font that is needed by A64 will then be added
- to your fonts: directory.
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- Unlike previous versions of A64, it is not absolutely required
- to install the A64 font before running A64, but if you fail to
- install the font the Colors screen in A64 will not look totally
- correct. You should also know that A64 uses another font that is
- normally found on your WorkBench disk. This font, named
- "diamond.font" is used for A64's title screen. If for some
- reason this font can not be loaded A64's title screen will not
- appear exactly as intended, but A64 will still function
- perfectly.
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- The installation of the A64 Font only needs to be done once as
- long as you always use the same WorkBench disk with A64. If you
- change WorkBench disks you should install the A64 Font on the new
- WorkBench disk.
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- After installing the A64 Font you are now ready to run A64.
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- RUNNING A64
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- To run A64:
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- 1. Insert the A64 disk (disk #1) into any drive.
- 2. Double-click the A64 disk icon to open the disk window.
- 3. Double-click TheA64Package drawer icon to open the drawer
- window.
- 4. Double-click the A64 icon, it's the icon that looks like
- an Amiga 2000.
- 5. You will then see A64's title screen. There will be a
- brief pause while A64 loads its files. After it's done
- loading you will see some text scrolling across the bottom
- of the screen. You should read all of this text before
- proceeding.
- 6. After reading the text you can press the left mouse button
- to enter A64.
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- You will now be shown the A64 BASIC screen. The A64 BASIC screen
- will differ from the C64 BASIC screen in two ways:
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- 1. The startup message will say
- "*** QUESTRONIX A64 BASIC V2 ***" instead of
- "**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****." This is because the
- Commodore 64 ROMs are not present in A64 (See ROMS in the
- TECHNICAL section).
- 2. There will be no borders around the screen. (See BORDERS in
- the GRAFIX MENU section).
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- You have now turned your Amiga into a C64. You can do almost
- everything in A64 that you would do on a C64. You can try all
- the BASIC commands or POKE and PEEK around memory. It's all
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- NOTE: While A64 is running in C64 mode you can not access the
- WorkBench. To get access to the WorkBench press the two
- ALT keys simultaneously (See A64 PREFS in the A64 PREFS
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- A64'S HARDWARE INTERFACE
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- To fully utilize The A64 Package you need its hardware interface.
- This interface is a small hardware box that plugs into the
- parallel port of your Amiga 500 or 2000. A separate adapter
- cable is required for the Amiga 1000. This interface allows you
- to connect your Commodore 64 disk drives and printers to the
- Amiga in the same way you would connect them to your C64. It's
- this interface that allows you to load and save C64 programs from
- C64 disk drives and transfer them to and from Amiga disks. The
- hardware interface is not absolutely required to use A64, but
- without it, A64's use is very limited. To get the interface you
- must become a registered owner of The A64 Package (See HOW TO
- BECOME A REGISTERED OWNER in the INTRODUCTION section).
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- INSTALLING A64'S HARDWARE INTERFACE
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- The hardware interface is a small box with two connectors on it.
- The large connector is the end that plugs into your Amiga and the
- small connector is the end where you plug in your C64 disk drives
- and printers.
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- To install the hardware interface use the following procedure:
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- 1. Make sure your Amiga is turned off. You should NEVER plug
- anything into your Amiga while it's turned on. You can damage
- your Amiga and/or peripherals by doing so.
- 2. If you have the Amiga 500 or 2000 you may now plug the
- interface directly into its parallel port. If you have the
- Amiga 1000 you must first plug the adapter cable into the
- parallel port and then connect the interface to the cable.
- Please note that this adapter cable is not a simple gender
- changer and only a cable specifically made to connect
- A500/A2000 devices to an A1000 parallel port should be used.
- 3. You are now ready to connect your C64 disk drives and printers
- to the interface. Make sure that each C64 device that you
- wish to connect has its power turned off. Using the serial
- cable that came with your disk drive or printer, plug one end
- of the cable into the interface and the other into your C64
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- peripheral. The C64 peripherals may now be "daisy chained" in
- the same way as they would be on a C64, by plugging each new
- device into the back of each previous device. After all C64
- devices are connected you can then turn them on. A64 will
- support up to four different C64 disk drives and two separate
- C64 printers, simultaneously.
- 4. You may now turn on your Amiga and boot it up as you normally
- would.
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- The hardware interface can stay plugged in at all times without
- interfering with any programs on your Amiga, as long as they do
- not use the parallel port. If you want to use your parallel port
- with some other piece of hardware, like a printer or digitizer,
- you must either remove the hardware interface and install the
- other device as you normally would or use an A-B switch and just
- switch between devices.
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- THE A64 PACKAGES FILE STRUCTURE
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- The A64 Package is very large and requires two disks. Disk #1 is
- for A64. This disk should be named "A64." Disk #2 is for The
- A64 Package's documentation and utilities. This disk should be
- named "A64 Doc & Utils." Listed below are Dir listings of how
- your disks should be set up and some pertinent information about
- the contents of each disk.
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- DISK #1: A64
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- TheA64Package (dir)
- 64Fonts (dir)
- Century.64font CharROM.64font
- Future.64font Line.64font
- Script.64font
- Fonts (dir)
- A64 (dir)
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- A64.font
- 64Prgs (dir)
- 64Colors SaveROMs
- A64 A64.config
- A64.data A64.info
- BASIC.data InstallA64Font
- InstallA64Font.info KERNAL.data
- MakeA64WB MakeA64WB.info
- MP.data MP0x0.data
- ReadMe ReadMe.info
- ROM.data ROM0x0.data
- RW.data
- disk.info TheA64Package.info
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- TheA64Package:
- All other directories and files except for disk.info and
- TheA64Package.info should appear in this directory.
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- 64Fonts:
- This directory is used to store C64 fonts used by A64. These
- fonts are not Amiga fonts.
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- Fonts:
- This directory contains the A64 font that must be installed
- to your WorkBench before running A64. This directory is used
- by InstallA64Font and not A64. Once the font is installed
- on your WorkBench this directory is no longer needed.
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- 64Prgs:
- This directory contains actual C64 programs (See C64 PROGRAMS
- in the UTILITIES section).
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- The files MP0x0.data and ROM0x0.data are only needed if you are
- using a 68010, 020 or 030 based Amiga. If you are using a
- standard 68000 based Amiga these files can be removed. Likewise
- if you are using a 68010, 020 or 030 based Amiga you can remove
- the files MP.data and ROM.data. Removing these files will free a
- substantial amount of room on your A64 disk.
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- DISK #2: A64 DOC & UTILS
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- A64Utilities (dir)
- 64Cmd 64Dir
- 64Print 64Status
- 64ToAmiga 64Tools
- 64Tools.info AmigaTo64
- ASCII2Pet Convert
- GrabGO64ROMs GrabGO64ROMs.info
- Optimize Pet2ASCII
- StripLoadAddr
- Doc (dir)
- A64Mon A64Mon.info
- A64Prefs A64Prefs.info
- CodeMenu CodeMenu.info
- Colors Colors.info
- Contents Contents.info
- Converter Converter.info
- Cover Cover.info
- GettingStarted GettingStarted.info
- GrafixMenu GrafixMenu.info
- Intro Intro.info
- MiscMenu MiscMenu.info
- PrintFile PrintFile.info
- Problems Problems.info
- ProjectMenu ProjectMenu.info
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- ReadMe1st ReadMe1st.info
- Registration.form Registration.form.info
- SystemMenu SystemMenu.info
- Technical Technical.info
- ToolsMenu ToolsMenu.info
- Utilities Utilities.info
- A64Utilities.info disk.info
- Doc.info
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