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- Startup V2.0
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- Written By: Weston Fryatt
- & Paul Davis
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- For
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- Acropolis Development
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- Legal Junk!
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- This program is ourware meaning that we wrote it and if you find it useful
- then any small donation would be greatly appreciated and would help along
- the further development of amiga utility's. This program is copyrighted
- by Acropolis Development, although this is a public domain utility you may
- NOT sell or charge any money for the use of it, we ask that if you upload
- it to a system that you leave all the notices and docs intact.
-
- We write programs like this because we think the Amiga is simply the best
- computer on the market today and we want to further the enjoyment of this
- great machine and make life for every Amiga owner a little easier.
- It is a shame those who try to wreck it for everyone else, if we all
- cooperate then the Amiga will REALLY prosper.
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- Startup
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- Startup allows use of different batch files so that you can have your own
- choice of custom startups for different situations for instance say you
- want to call BBS'S and see what's new in the download bases, now a VD0: is
- perfect for this type of situation, No disk errors to slow things down and
- instant deletion of wierd or junk programs (considering you have the
- memory). So instead of mounting VD0: and then load in a term let a batch
- file do the work for you like setting the pathnames and mounting everything
- for you, all the Amiga DOS commands will work so there is no limit to what
- you can achieve. Startup will place itself in the center of your screen and
- allow you a set amount of time to select the number of the startup you wish
- by pressing the numbers 0-9 respectfully. You may use the keypad or the
- keyboard numbers or you can select the startup you want by pointing and
- clicking the mouse. You can abort startup and return to the CLI by pressing
- esc or pressing the menu bar. Also if you need more time just click on the
- digital clock at the bottom of the requestor and it will reset back to the
- time it was origanally set at.
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- Startup V2.0
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- We have added quite a few new features to this version of startup and
- took hard drive owners into consideration this time. Here is a list of the
- new features....
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- Up to 10 Different Startup Sequences
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- Each Different Startup can have a Title up to 25 Characters
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- By clicking on the Countdown Timer it now Resets
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- You can now Escape by pressing the menu button Or hitting ESC
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- We also redesigned the Startup requester and it is much easier to read
- than before and there are no bugs found in two months of constant use.
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- Setting It Up
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- Startup is called from the startup-sequence in the S: directory, You can
- place the startup program in either the S: or C: directory just make sure
- you call it with the proper pathname from the startup-sequence, the batch
- files that startup looks for MUST be in the s: directory and are all called
- with the same first name and the the startup number. (so startup number 0
- would be named startup.0)
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- The parameters for startup are as follows
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- S:Startup (Timer [5-99]) (startups [1-10]) (execute command name [i.e. EX])
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- The timer must be at least 5 seconds so you can make some kind of choice
- and will default to 5 if you go over or under the limits, startups start
- at number 0 so you will be going from 0-9 instead of 1-10, the reason
- is simple try to type a ten when you only have one second left, also the
- program will default to startup.0 if no number is selected in the alotted
- time period. Execute name is simply for people who rename their Execute
- command to Ex or X or whatever.
-
- Here is what my startup-sequence looks like.....
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- S:Startup 6 7
- ;0:VD0: W/C Dir Loaded In.
- ;1:Standard Workbench
- ;2:VD0: C Dir / Cd Df1:
- ;3:Clean Mem. Demos!!
- ;4:Setup For Letters. Df1:
- ;5:Access Term W/Vd0:
- ;6:Manx Compiler Setup.
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- The different startup descriptions are noted in the following manner
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- ;0:startupname
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- where ; is the identifier next comes the number of the startup (0-9)
- and then the second identifier ( : ) then the file description, remember
- that the file description can be no longer than 25 characters or your
- last letters over that will be cut off! So, make sure you count your titles.
- If a selection has no name the program will use the default name, remember
- that each startup is simply a batch file and the only limit is your
- imagination and Amiga Dos.
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- If you have questions about the program or find bugs we can be reached at
- the address below or by sending mail on Genie or Plink. Source code can be
- obtained by sending a self addressed disk mailer (with disk) to the address
- below, if you have no disk please include two dollars and we will provide
- one for you.
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- Acropolis Development
- P.O. Box 81134
- Bakersfield Ca
- 93380
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- On Plink Send Mail To A-D
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- Or On Genie Send Mail To W.Fryatt1
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