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- ATARI RAINBOW TOS ADDENDUM
- =================================
-
- NOTICE: Rainbow TOS must be installed by an authorized Atari dealer.
-
-
- The new Rainbow TOS provides many improvements to your computer's
- GEM Desktop operating speed and make your computer easier to use.
-
- To make sure you have Rainbow TOS installed in your computer, select
- the Desktop Info option from the Desk menu. This dialog box
- appears.
-
- ---------------------------------------
- | GEM, Graphic Environment Manager |
- | TOS |
- | ------------------------------ |
- | /|\ |
- | ATARI |
- | |
- | Copyright 1985,86,87,88,89 |
- | Atari Corporation |
- | Digital Research, Inc. |
- | All Rights Reserved |
- | |
- | ---------- |
- | | OK | |
- | ---------- |
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-
-
- File Selector (formerly Item Selector)
- --------------------------------------
-
- Two important changes affect this dialog box. One is the the
- addition of the Drive Selector. The other is improved use of
- wildcard characters.
-
- The Drive Selector displays drive identifier letters A through P.
- Click on a letter to select that drive. Drive identifiers
- representing uninstalled drives appear in a light typeface and
- cannot be selected.
-
- Use of wildcard characters allows you to more easily control the
- Directory window display. Use wildcard characters to replace
- portions of the last section of a pathname on the Directory Line.
-
- For example, if D:\SALES\*.DOC appears on the Directory Line, only
- files with the .DOC extension will display in the Directory window.
- To display the entire contents of the subdirectory SALES delete .DOC
- and replace it with the asterisk wildcard character. Refer to your
- computer owner's manual for further instructions on using wildcard
- characters.
-
- To display the new directory, press [Return].
-
-
- Move Files
- ----------
-
- With Rainbow TOS you can move a file from one folder or drive to
- another in addition to copying the file.
-
- First, select the file(s) you wish to move. Then hold down
- [Control] as you click on and drag the selected file(s) to a new
- location. During the move process, a Move File(s) dialog box
- displays the number of files being moved. As each file is moved,
- the Move File(s) dialog box displays the file's name and complete
- destination (disk or logical drive letter and folder name).
-
- When you copy or move files, Rainbow TOS does not change the date
- and time stamp of those files. File date and time information will
- only be updated when the file is changed.
-
-
- Skip a Single File During Group Copying
- ---------------------------------------
-
- The option to skip a single file during a group copy procedure
- becomes available when a file name conflict occurs. A file name
- conflict occurs when a file is copied from one location to another
- and a copy of the file already exists at the new location. The
- following three options are presented when a name conflict occurs:
-
- Copy Rainbow TOS overwrites the existing file and
- the copy operation continues.
-
- Skip Rainbow TOS does not overwrite the file.
- Continues with the copy operation.
-
- Quit Rainbow TOS does not overwrite the file. Ends
- the copy operation.
-
-
- Abort Group Copy, Move, and Delete Operations
- ---------------------------------------------
-
- You can abort the copy, move, and delete operations performed by
- Rainbow TOS. Press and hold down [Undo]. A dialog box displays,
- giving you the choice of continuing or ending the operation.
-
-
- MS-DOS Compatible Floppy Disk Formatting
- ----------------------------------------
-
- Disks formatted with Rainbow TOS are fully MS-DOS compatible.
-
-
- Auto-Boot Applications
- ----------------------
-
- The Install Application option of the Options menu allows you to
- assign an auto-boot feature to any GEM based application programs.
- An installed application automatically opens when you boot the
- system. You can select applications with .PRG, .APP, or .TOS
- extensions.
-
- Follow these instructions to start an application from a data file
- or autoboot an application.
-
- 1. Select a program file (.TOS, .APP, .PRG) from a directory
- window.
-
- Select Install Application from the Options menu. The
- Install Application dialog box appears, listing the
- application program file you selected from the desktop.
-
- 2. To install the application to run from a data file, type
- the correct data file extension in the Document Type field.
- This is the common extension of the files that use that
- application. (Consult the manual supplied with the
- application for the most common file extension.) If you
- install an application to autoboot, you may leave the
- Document Type field blank.
-
- Note: Some applications can open from a desktop data file
- only if the data file resides in the same folder as the
- application program files. Check the documentation
- supplied with the application for more information.
-
- 3. Select boot status: Auto to autoboot an application, or
- Normal to start an application from the desktop.
-
- 4. Select an application type. Your choices are GEM, TOS, and
- TOS-takes-parameters.
-
- Most programs that run from the desktop have the extension
- .PRG or .APP. Both of these extensions indicate a GEM
- application. However, some applications have the extension
- .TOS or .TTP. The extension .TOS indicates a TOS
- application. The extension .TTP indicates a TOS-takes-
- parameters application.
-
- Note: To use a .TTP application, first select the
- application, then enter the required parameters when the
- dialog box appears.
-
- 5. Select OK to finish.
-
- 6. To save the application's installation, select Save Desktop
- from the Options menu.
-
-
- Disk Copy/Format Dialog Box
- ---------------------------
-
- Rainbow TOS uses a combined dialog box for copy and format
- operations. This box displays when you select either the Format
- option from the File menu, or drag a disk drive icon on top of
- another disk drive icon.
-
- Select Copy or Format from the Copy and Format dialog box. Select
- from the available options and click on OK. The bar graphs in the
- lower half of the screen graphically detail the copying or
- formatting that occurs.
-
-
- Changing a Folder's Name
- ------------------------
-
- With Rainbow TOS you can change the name of a folder. Click on a
- folder and select the Show Info option from the File menu. The
- Folder Information dialog box displays. You can now type in a new
- name for that folder.
-
-
- Keyboard Reset
- --------------
-
- You can now reset your computer from the keyboard. Hold down
- [Control] and [Alternate], then press [Delete]. This key
- combination is exactly the same as pressing the Reset button.
-
- Pressing [Control] [Alternate] [Right Shift] [Delete] causes a VERY
- cold boot. It clears all of RAM (except about 64 bytes at the
- bottom) and then jumps to the ROMs. This cold boot clears all
- reset-proof RAMdisks and other data and variables that are cleared
- by a cold boot but not a warm boot.
-
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-
- Atari, the Atari logo, Rainbow TOS and TOS are trademarks or
- registered trademarks of Atari Corporation. GEM and GEM Desktop
- are trademarks or registered trademarks of Digital Research, Inc.
- MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
-
- Copyright 1989, Atari Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA.
-
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