home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Atari Forever 2
/
Atari Forever 2.zip
/
Atari Forever 2.iso
/
serie_v
/
v_432
/
readme.1st
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1991-03-25
|
7KB
|
141 lines
03/01/91
SUPER BOOT VERSION 7.0
The following files should be included in your SPBT70.ARC file:
README.1ST - This file (a summary of changes from 6.0 to 7.0).
SUPERBT.PRG - Super Boot V7.0.
SUPERBTA.PRG - Auxiliary program used by Super Boot.
SUPER_CS.PRG - Super Boot Construction Set V7.0.
SUPER_CS.RSC - Resource file used by SUPER_CS.PRG.
SBCNV7_0.TOS - Program to convert 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, or 6.0 data file to 7.0.
SUPERBT.DOC - Manual for Super Boot
STARTGEM.PRG - GEM program autobooter.
STARTGEM.DOC - Documentation for Startgem.
Programs in SB_OTHER.ARC. These are programs by other authors, either
P.D. or Shareware (Shareware programs of course must still be payed for
if used), which have been included with the permission of each author.
These are very useful when used in conjunction with Super Boot:
ACC.DOC - Loads accessories from a folder named "ACCS".
ACC.PRG - " "
AUTOSORT.PRG - Changes the order of files in the AUTO folder
DIGIEDIT.DOC - Convert sound files to DIGISOUND format
DIGIEDIT.PRG - " "
DIGIEDIT.RSC - " "
DIGIEDIX.RSC - " "
DIGISND.RSC - " "
PICSW7.DOC - Picswitch 0.7 - converts many picture formats
PICSW7.PRG - " "
READ.ME - Short description
Sample Welcome Screens and Digitized Sounds in SBSOUNDS.ARC:
ATARI.S08
ATARI.TNY
NTFLIGHT.S09
NTFLIGHT.TNY
RDRAGON.S08
RDRAGON.TNY
READ.ME
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
- Super Boot can now play digitized sounds! The sounds need to be in the
"Pure Data" format used in Digisound. ST Replay and other sounds can be
converted to this format by using a program called Digiedit. The sounds
are played in conjunction with the Welcome Screens (optional). Color
rotation (animation as some would call it) is supported simultaneously
while playing a sound at sample rates of 1 through 13. Other sample
rates up to 40 are available but the color rotation will not begin until
sounds at the higher sample rate finish playing.
A single sound can be chosen to be played, a random sound can be played
on each boot, or the sounds can be linked to a welcome screen. The sound
can be played on every boot, on cold boots only, or never. For the
linked option, Super Boot will look for a sound file with the same base
name as the welcome screen. For example, if FALLS.NEO is the welcome
screen, Super Boot will try to load a sound file called FALLS.S##
(where ## is the sample rate, from 1 to 40).
The buffer available for sound depends upon how much memory your ST has.
On an unmodified 520 ST there is about 140K available in SUPER_CS.PRG and
245K in SUPERBT.PRG. Machines with more memory will have much larger
buffers than these. If a sound is too large for the buffer, as much of
the sound as will fit will be loaded and played.
To assist with renaming sounds and determining their sample rate, a new
utility has been added to the Construction Set called "Sound & Welcome
Screen Utilities". This will let you view pictures, rename sounds to match
the picture if desired, and rename sound files to match their sample rate.
Sounds can be located in any folder, but be sure that the folder
contains SOUND FILES ONLY if you use the RANDOM or LINKED file selection
option. Be sure to set the folder to use or the single sound file name
on page 6 of "Edit program parameters" in SUPER_CS.PRG.
- Function key settings can now be modified from within SUPERBT.PRG. By
pressing the "S" key from Super Boot, you can modify any function key
without having to exit to the desktop and run SUPER_CS.PRG. Just follow
the prompts.
- An "Attention Bell" is now available to alert you that Super Boot has
loaded. This feature is also optional.
- The "Startgem" program can now be changed from within Super Boot by
pressing F5 on the HELP screen. Previously you could only cancel it,
not change it.
- A new option is available to force Date and/or Time entry based on a
function key. For example, if you only care if the Date and Time is set
for one or two programs, you can disable the Date and Time entry so you
don't have to set it every time you boot, and set up the function keys
for the programs you need so that you only have to enter it for those
special programs. You specify which function keys via the Super Boot
Construction Set, on the same dialog box where you enter in the function
key name.
For example, the only programs I need the date and time for are a database
and a hard disk backup system, because the database prints the date & time
at the top of every report, and because the backup program records the
last date the drive was backed up.
- Two big bugs were fixed: previously, if you had a folder with an extension,
and had Super Boot set to select a picture from there, it would think the
folder extension was the file extension. For example, with the file
C:\WELCOME.TNY\FALLS.NEO, Super Boot would think it was a .TNY file
instead of a .NEO file and would not display it properly.
The other bug was that Super Boot could not display Degas Compressed
pictures at all in monochrome mode (why didn't somebody tell me!). That
has been fixed.
A few other smaller bugs were also fixed, but are not really worth
noting.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
BEFORE RUNNING YOUR NEW VERSION OF SUPERBOOT:
- Please read through the new sections of the manual for more detailed
information.
- Run SBCNV7_0.TOS to convert your data file to 7.0 format for use with
this new version of Super Boot.
NOTE: You can also just delete your old SUPERBT.STF and run SUPER_CS.PRG and
it will create a new data file with default settings in 7.0 format.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gordon Moore
2300 Beech St.
Ashland, KY 41102
(USA)
E - M A I L
Genie : G.W.MOORE
Compuserve: 73647,2735