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- THE MENUS
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- A64 Prefs is broken up into several menus. Each having its own
- function and options. All of A64 Prefs settings and features can
- be accessed with these menus. Each menu and its options are
- described in the following sections.
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- THE PROJECT MENU
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- NEW (RESET)
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- KEY SEQUENCE: [RIGHT AMIGA] [N] (New)
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- The NEW menu option allows you to reset A64 back to the BASIC
- startup screen.
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- When selecting NEW you will be prompted with a requester asking
- you "Are sure you want to reset A64?". Select YES to reset A64
- or NO to abort the operation.
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- If YES is selected the program that A64 is currently running
- will be terminated and A64 will return to the BASIC startup
- screen. Essentially, this is the same thing as turning a C64 off
- and then on again.
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- NOTES: NEW is non-destructive. Any programs that were in memory
- before the reset will still be there after the reset.
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- NEW does not reset any devices connected with A64's
- hardware interface (i.e., C64 disk drives and printers).
- If you were using a program that used copy protection
- and/or sent commands to the devices you may have to reset
- them by turning them off and then on again.
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- LOAD CONFIG
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- KEY SEQUENCE: [RIGHT AMIGA] [L] (Load)
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- The LOAD CONFIG menu option allows you to load a previously saved
- configuration file.
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- When selecting LOAD CONFIG you will be prompted with a file
- requester. With the file requester you can either select a
- displayed file name or enter a name for the configuration file
- that you wish to load. Select OK to load the file or CANCEL to
- abort the operation.
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- If OK is selected the requested configuration file will be loaded
- and the newly loaded settings will become A64 Prefs' current
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- NOTE: The entire filename can contain any legal AmigaDOS path
- name, limited to 31 characters in length.
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- SEE: A64 PREFS SETTINGS AND CONFIGURATION FILES and SAVE CONFIG
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- SAVE CONFIG
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- KEY SEQUENCE: [RIGHT AMIGA] [S] (Save)
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- The SAVE CONFIG menu option allows you to save the current A64
- Prefs settings in a configuration file.
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- When selecting SAVE CONFIG you will be prompted with a file
- requester. With the file requester you can either select a
- displayed file name or enter a name for the configuration file
- that you wish to save. Select OK to save the file or CANCEL to
- abort the operation.
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- If OK is selected A64 will check if the configuration file
- already exists and if it does you will be prompted with another
- requester asking if you want to overwrite the old file. Select
- YES to overwrite the old file or NO to abort the operation. If
- YES is selected, or if the file did not already exist then A64
- will save all of A64 Prefs current settings in the configuration
- file that you specified.
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- NOTES: The entire filename can contain any legal AmigaDOS path
- name, limited to 31 characters in length.
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- If you save the settings with the name "A64.config" you
- will force A64 to use your new settings as its default
- initial settings.
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- SEE: A64 PREFS SETTINGS AND CONFIGURATION FILES and LOAD CONFIG
- and NAMING CONFIGURATION FILES in the A64 PREFS section.
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- NAMING CONFIGURATION FILES
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- It is a good practice to end your configuration files with the
- extension ".config". This will help you to remember what you
- named your configuration files. For example, if you saved a
- configuration file for the C64 program "PrintShop" and you named
- it "PrintShop.config" then when loading the file at a future time
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- RESET CONFIG
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- KEY SEQUENCE: [RIGHT AMIGA] [R] (Reset config)
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- The RESET CONFIG menu option allows you to reset A64 Prefs
- current settings to their default states.
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- When selecting RESET CONFIG you will be prompted with a requester
- asking you "Are sure you want to reset config?". Select YES to
- reset the configuration settings or NO to abort the operation.
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- If YES is selected, all of A64 Prefs settings will be reset to
- their default states.
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- NOTE: The default settings set by RESET CONFIG are not
- necessarily the ones currently saved in the default
- configuration file "A64.config." If you have changed this
- file and you want to reset it to the default settings you
- must first reset the configuration settings and then save
- them with the name "A64.config."
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- SEE: A64 PREFS SETTINGS AND CONFIGURATION FILES and SAVE CONFIG
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- ABOUT A64
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- KEY SEQUENCE: [RIGHT AMIGA] [A] (About)
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- The ABOUT A64 menu option allows you to read some information
- about A64.
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- When selecting ABOUT A64 you will be shown a screen with a
- cycling blue background. On the screen will be a requester with
- some information about A64. After you have read the information
- select OK to return to A64 Prefs.
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- NOTE: The TAB key will NOT toggle the cycling background on and
- off as it will with the title screen.
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- IMPORTANT NOTE: See SCREEN SHIFTED BUG in KNOWN BUGS section!
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- QUIT A64
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- KEY SEQUENCE: [RIGHT AMIGA] [Q] (Quit)
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- The QUIT A64 menu option allows you to quit A64.
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- When selecting QUIT A64 you will be prompted with a requester
- asking you "Are sure you want to quit A64?". Select YES to quit
- A64 or NO to abort the operation.
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- If YES is selected A64 will terminate for good and you will be
- returned to the WorkBench.
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- EXIT PREFS
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- KEY SEQUENCE: [RIGHT AMIGA] [X] (eXit)
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- The EXIT PREFS menu option will allow you to exit A64 Prefs and
- return to A64.
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- When selecting EXIT PREFS you will be immediately returned to A64
- at the exact point at which you left it.
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- NOTES: If you select EXIT PREFS with the key sequence
- [RIGHT AMIGA] [X] you will not be returned to A64 until
- you release the keys.
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- You can get back to A64 Prefs by pressing the [LEFT ALT]
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