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- A64 PREFS
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- A64 Prefs utilizes an Intuition user interface with menus,
- requesters and gadgets. This manual assumes that you are
- familiar with using this type of user interface and the terms
- used to describe it. If you are not familiar with them please
- consult your Amiga user's manual or other books on the Amiga.
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- A64 Prefs is your bridge from A64 to the multitasking
- environment. A64 Prefs allows A64 to have features you've come
- to expect from Amiga programs, like an Intuition user interface
- with menus and requesters. A64 Prefs allows you to change the
- way A64 is configured to run C64 programs, access tools included
- with The A64 Package and, most importantly, it allows you to stop
- any C64 program that A64 is currently running and return to the
- WorkBench, after which you can use A64 Prefs and re-enter the C64
- program and pick up EXACTLY where you left off. A64 Prefs gives
- A64 the power and flexibility that, until now, no C64 emulator
- has had.
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- To gain access to A64 Prefs from A64 press the [LEFT ALT] key and
- the [RIGHT ALT] key simultaneously. After doing so a title bar
- will appear on the C64 program that is currently running. At
- this point you can get back to the Workbench by dragging the
- screen down or by depth arranging the A64 Prefs screen by using
- the front-back gadgets. To get back to A64 Prefs you do the same
- thing, drag or depth arrange any other screen that may visible.
- You can also use the following key sequences to depth arrange the
- A64 Prefs screen with the Workbench screen:
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- [LEFT AMIGA] [M]: Send Workbench to back, A64 Prefs to front
- [LEFT AMIGA] [N]: Send Workbench to front, A64 Prefs to back
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- You should never attempt to bring up A64 Prefs while I/O
- (INPUT/OUTPUT) is in progress. This means that whenever A64 is
- loading or saving from a disk drive, accessing a modem or using a
- printer, you should wait until the operation is completed before
- bringing up A64 Prefs. This warning should especially be noted
- when accessing C64 devices. Bringing up A64 Prefs during I/O
- will not crash A64, but may result in a C64 crash, forcing you to
- reset A64 and/or the C64 devices that you interrupted. To be on
- the safe side you should heed this warning.
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- A64 PREFS SETTINGS AND CONFIGURATION FILES
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- A64 Prefs effects the operation of A64 much like the WorkBench
- Preferences program effects the operation of the Amiga. By
- changing A64 Prefs settings you can force A64 to change its
- performance or appearance, in the way that it runs a C64 program.
- All of A64 Prefs' settings are accessed with menus and
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- requesters. When you change one or more of these settings they
- become the current settings, meaning they will take effect
- immediately or when A64 is re-entered. These settings will stay
- in effect until you change them again or until you quit A64. You
- can also save all of A64 Prefs settings in what is called a
- "configuration file." Unlike the WorkBench Preferences program,
- A64 Prefs allows you to create as many different configuration
- files as you like and name them what ever you choose.
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- Whenever A64 is run it loads a configuration file for its
- initial settings. This file is normally "A64.config," but if A64
- is run from the Shell you can pass it the name of a different
- configuration file to be used for the initial settings. For
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- run A64 PrintShop.config
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- This will force A64 to load and use the configuration settings in
- "PrintShop.config." If no parameter is passed A64 will load
- "A64.config" for it's initial settings.
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- If you change any one or more of the settings and save them with
- the name "A64.config" A64 will use your new settings as the
- default configuration settings.
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- The procedure for changing A64 Prefs settings and loading and
- saving configuration files is detailed in THE MENUS section.
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- NOTE: A64 does not support passing configuration files from the
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