How to install Picasso96

Really, if you want to save yourself from lots of trouble, please use the installer script supplied. Just follow the instructions of the script and use the suggested defaults if possible. The defaults are usually the best choice allowing maximum reliability and easy updating.

If you insist on installing Picasso96 manually, then you have to copy and configure quite a few files.

• The monitor driver
  • Copy the Picasso96 monitor driver and its icon from the devs/monitors directory of the distribution to your monitors drawer in SYS:devs.
  • You should now rename the driver to the name of your card, e.g. "PicassoIV".
  • Add a tooltype "BoardType=<your_card_name> to the driver icon
  • If your settings file is not "SYS:Devs/Picasso96Settings" then add the tool type "SettingsName=<path_to_your_settingfile>".
• The libraries
  • Copy the contents of the libs drawer of the distribution to your SYS:libs. Note: the subdirectory Picasso96 is mandatory, it will not work without it.
  • You might now delete all card and chip drivers that you do not need for your configuration from the libs/Picasso96 directory.
• The settings file
  • Copy one of the supplied settings files in the devs directory of the distribution preferably to SYS:devs.
  • Rename it to Picasso96Settings. If you use another path or name for the file you will have to set the appropriate tool types of the monitor driver and Picasso96Mode.
• Picasso96Mode
  • Copy Picasso96Mode and its icon to your SYS:Prefs drawer or where you want to put it.
  • If you did not install the settings file in SYS:Devs you will have to set the tool type "SettingsName=<path_to_your_settingsfile>".
• The picture.datatype
  • Copy the v43 compatible picture.datatype from the classes/datatypes directory to the classes/datatypes directory of your system partition.
• Other stuff
  • Copy the documentation and the application drivers to appropriate places...