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- ;GDOS on the TT.
- ;
- ;Well, after a certain amount of thrashing about, here's an ASSIGN.SYS
- ;that works in all TT resolutions (yes, even TT LOW, but GDOS
- ;applications have a certain amount of problems with the 40 column
- ;screen width).
- ;
- ;NOTE that at this time Atari GDOS 1.1 is the only flavour that
- ;works, however G+PLUS/G+FLAIR owners should be able to contact
- ;Codehead software for an update to those programs.
- ;
- ;This file can be used INTACT as your ASSIGN.SYS. Simply rename it.
- ;
- ;NOTE that this ASSIGN.SYS started out in life as the one from the
- ;SLM804 GDOS DRIVER disk, shipped with the Atari lasers. It has the
- ;SLM804 installed as the default printer. Wherever changes have been
- ;made to the original file, comments are inserted to explain.
- ;
- ;(Also note that the original file I uploaded didn't work because I
- ;had left in TABS....the ASSIGN.SYS file shoulb be plain ASCII, with
- ;NO CONTROL CHARACTERS)
- ;
- path = C:\GEMSYS\ ;was originally just c:\, but most folks
- 01p screen.sys ;use a folder these days...put whatever path
- ATSS10.FNT ;you like in here, just make sure everything
- ATSS12.FNT ;is in it.
- ATSS18.FNT
- ATSS24.FNT
- ATTR10.FNT
- ATTR12.FNT
- ATTR18.FNT
- ATTR24.FNT
- ATTP10.FNT
- 02p screen.sys
- ATSS10.FNT
- ATSS12.FNT
- ATSS18.FNT
- ATSS24.FNT
- ATTR10.FNT
- ATTR12.FNT
- ATTR18.FNT
- ATTR24.FNT
- ATTP10.FNT
- 03p screen.sys ;ST-MEDIUM has a funny aspect ratio, hence
- ATSS10CG.FNT ;it is the only resolution that requires
- ATSS12CG.FNT ;these elongated fonts with the CG ending.
- ATSS18CG.FNT
- ATSS24CG.FNT
- ATTR10CG.FNT ;Atari GDOS fonts usually are in this format:
- ATTR12CG.FNT ;
- ATTR18CG.FNT ;ATTR18CG.FNT
- ATTR24CG.FNT ;||||||||
- ATTP10CG.FNT ;|||||| -----DEVICE
- 04p screen.sys ;|||| -------type size
- ATSS10.FNT ;|| ---------type face (TR=Times Roman)
- ATSS12.FNT ; -----------supplier (AT=Atari)
- ATSS18.FNT ;
- ATSS24.FNT ;Note that DEVICE is denoted by:
- ATTR10.FNT ;CG=ST MEDIUM RES SCREEN
- ATTR12.FNT ;EP=EPSON 9-PIN PRINTER
- ATTR18.FNT ;LS=300 DPI LASER PRINTER, etc.
- ATTR24.FNT ;no initials=ST LOW/HIGH,TT-MED/HIGH SCREEN
- ATTP10.FNT
- 05p screen.sys ;01 = Default screen
- 06p screen.sys ;02 = ST Low
- ATSS10.FNT ;03 = ST Medium
- ATSS12.FNT ;04 = ST High
- ATSS18.FNT ;05 = NOT USED
- ATSS24.FNT ;06 = TT Medium
- ATTR10.FNT ;07 = NOT USED
- ATTR12.FNT ;08 = TT High
- ATTR18.FNT ;09 = TT Low
- ATTR24.FNT ;(don't ask me why.....)
- ATTP10.FNT
- 07p screen.sys
- 08p screen.sys
- ATSS10.FNT ;for TT-MEDIUM and TT-HIGH, the standard mono
- ATSS12.FNT ;screen fonts are fine, because the aspect ratios
- ATSS18.FNT ;are similar.
- ATSS24.FNT
- ATTR10.FNT
- ATTR12.FNT
- ATTR18.FNT
- ATTR24.FNT
- ATTP10.FNT
- 09p screen.sys ;The 'p' after each of these numbers tells GEM
- ATSS10.FNT ;that the driver in question is in ROM.
- ATSS12.FNT
- ATSS18.FNT
- ATSS24.FNT
- ATTR10.FNT
- ATTR12.FNT
- ATTR18.FNT
- ATTR24.FNT
- ATTP10.FNT
- 21 slm.sys ;The original drivers are usually named SLM804.SYS
- ATSS10LS.FNT ;but do not use these on the TT. You should use
- ATSS12LS.FNT ;the new SLM.SYS that ships with the TT.
- ATSS18LS.FNT
- ATSS24LS.FNT
- ATTR10LS.FNT
- ATTR12LS.FNT
- ATTR18LS.FNT
- ATTR24LS.FNT
- ATTP10LS.FNT
- 31 meta.sys
- ATSS10MF.FNT
- ATSS12MF.FNT
- ATSS18MF.FNT
- ATSS24MF.FNT
- ATTR10MF.FNT
- ATTR12MF.FNT
- ATTR18MF.FNT
- ATTR24MF.FNT
- ATTP10MF.FNT
- ;
- ;
- ;<slap> That's it!
- ;
- ;If you use another GDOS program like Timeworks and install fonts with
- ;it's INSTALLER, you must edit it before booting into a resolution
- ;other than the ST resolutions. The salient point about converting an
- ;ST ASSIGN.SYS to work on the TT are that the extra screen drivers
- ;must be named, and must have fonts installed. Using an ASCII
- ;text-editor, simply copy out the high-resolution screen fonts and
- ;paste them back in for the TT-MEDIUM and HIGH resolutions.
- ;
- ;file courtesy:
- ;Ron Grant (GENIE R.GRANT11)
- ;GXR Systems
- ;302-1107 Homer Street,
- ;Vancouver, B.C. V6B 2Y5
- ;(604)687-8527
- ;
- ;While I've tested this system on our TT, I can not guarantee that it
- ;will work on your system, and neither I nor GXR Systems can support
- ;Atari GDOS on the TT. However, I'm happy to answer any questions in
- ;e-mail on GEnie. Please don't phone me about this.
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