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INTRODUCTION ...... 13 Basics ...... 17 System characteristics ...... 19 Autoconfiguration ...... 19 Multitasking ...... 20 Exchanging information ...... 20 Real-time system ...... 21 Compatibility ...... 21 Graphical user interface ...... 22
SYSTEM STANDARDS ...... 23 Keyboard ...... 23 Mouse ...... 24 Screen ...... 25 Windows ...... 27 Pull-down menu ...... 29 Icons ...... 35 Buttons ...... 38 Text fields ...... 40 Sliders and scroll buttons ...... 45 List ...... 46 Keyboard shortcuts ...... 47
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On-line Help ...... 48 "Drag & drop" ...... 49 Installation program ...... 50
FIRST STEPS ...... 53 Starting ...... 55 Installation on hard disk ...... 58 Preparing the disk ...... 58 Creating partitions on the disk ...... 64 Formatting ...... 70 System installation ...... 73
FURTHER STEPS ...... 79 Installer ...... 79
WORKBENCH ...... 81 Basic operations ...... 83 Window display mode ...... 93 Icon properties ...... 98 Other operations ...... 108 Workbench title bar ...... 111
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BASIC SETTINGS ...... 113 Changing the backgrounds ...... 113 Mouse pointer ...... 115 System sounds ...... 117 System time ...... 119 Serial port ...... 120 Facilities ...... 122 Clipboard ...... 125
MEMORY ...... 127 Memory structure ...... 129 Ram Disk ...... 130 System disk ...... 134 „SYS:” device ...... 134 Data structure ...... 134 Environment ...... 141 Temporary files ...... 141
DEVICE DRIVERS ...... 143 Basic operations ...... 145 Driver modifications ...... 150 Multiple devices in a single file ...... 156 Untypical disk controller ...... 157
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BOOT SECTOR ...... 161 Kickstart ...... 163 Bootblock ...... 165 Rigid Disk Block ...... 171
STARTUP SEQUENCE ...... 177 Boot menu ...... 180 Fault diagnosis ...... 190 Your own floppy disk ...... 194 Kickstart update ...... 196
DATA FORMATS ...... 201 Datatypes structure ...... 204 New datatypes installation ...... 205 Special requirements ...... 208 Data transfer ...... 210 MS-DOS drives ...... 212 FAT file system ...... 215 Macintosh drives ...... 221 NTFS file system ...... 223 EXT file systems ...... 225
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FONTS ...... 227 Font types ...... 229 New fonts installation ...... 231 Vector fonts conversion ...... 237 Vector fonts size changing ...... 238 TrueType fonts ...... 239 Keyboard map changing ...... 244 New fonts in the system ...... 246 „FixFonts” ...... 248
DISPLAY MODES ...... 251 Display mode settings ...... 254 Changing the monitor driver ...... 258 Overscan mode settings ...... 259 Various monitor drivers ...... 262 Display mode selection window ...... 265 New display modes ...... 266 Color palette settings ...... 268 Color palette management ...... 272
ICONS ...... 275 MagicWB ...... 277 New Icons ...... 288
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„Class Act” package ...... 289 Icons editing ...... 305 The icon type ...... 310 Using the Clipboard ...... 310 Other graphics operations ...... 311 Disk operations ...... 313 Settings ...... 315 Default icons ...... 316
COMMODITIES ...... 319
TEXT ...... 333 Text viewers ...... 335 Default text editor ...... 342
AMIGA DOS ...... 349 AmigaDOS windows ...... 351 Displaying the contents of directories ...... 358 Displaying contents of files ...... 372 Creating new files and directories ...... 378 Renaming the files and directories ...... 381 Duplication and moving data ...... 382 Removing files and directories ...... 388
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Joining files ...... 390 Changing the attributes of files and directories ...... 391 Changing the date and time of creation ...... 396 Adding the comments ...... 398 Text files sorting ...... 400 Searching the text files ...... 402 Running programs ...... 406 Changing the prompt ...... 408 Checking the version of the file ...... 410 Creating logical devices ...... 414 Formatting the disk ...... 421 Changing the name of disk ...... 425 Making a bootable floppy ...... 426 Copying the disks ...... 428 Protecting a disk ...... 431 Activation the device ...... 433 Displaying information about computer ...... 438 Processes ...... 447 System Clock ...... 455 Loading the Workbench ...... 457 System settings update ...... 459 Fonts and keyboard maps ...... 460 Changing the command names ...... 462
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Resident commands ...... 465 Other commands for easy work ...... 467 Using the Clipboard ...... 470 System fixes ...... 474 Datatypes ...... 476 Updating the status of removable drive ...... 477 Environment variables ...... 478
ENDING ...... 485
Appendix: AmigaDOS command index ...... 487
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