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- *| And here it (he?) is: |*
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- *| J A M E S , THE DESKTOP-BUTLER version 1.0 |*
- *| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ |*
- *| |*
- *| programmed by Pascal Fellerich. |*
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- IMPORTANT INFORMATION!
- =======================
-
- 1. Please read *carefully* the following doc...
-
- 2. Since nobody is perfect, it is perfectly possible that there is still a
- bug in James. Please contact me if you happen to find one! Hints and good
- ideas are also welcome...
-
- 3. What's more: I'm still searching for bootsector viruses and other
- executable boot's - not in order to spread the viruses, but only to
- 'teach' James. The more bootsectors James knows, the less you will get the
- message 'unknown executable bootsector'.
-
- 4. If you use James regularly (I hope so!!), then please send $10 to the
- following address:
-
- Pascal Fellerich
- 45, rue des Genêts
- L-3482 Dudelange
- (Luxembourg)
-
- By the way, if you add a disk to your contribution, I'll put the latest
- version of James on the disk.
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
- What is James??
- ================
- James is more than an improved Control Panel: James is the ultimate
- 'desktop-butler'. It makes the daily work with the ST easier. You can now
- adjust the keyboard parameters, ship your harddisk, write-protect any
- drive, detect and destroy viruses and a lot more without having to boot
- numerous accessories!
-
- Why James?
- ===========
- Because it's not too large in spite of it's multiple built-in functions.
- Because it doesn't take long to boot it from disk. Because it doesn't load
- any other files (No more *.RSC, *.INF, *.DAT, *.OVL files!). Because it
- replaces several AUTO-folder programs & other accessories. And because
- every ST-user should have his personal comp.. eh, butler.
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
-
- The 'Main Menu:'
- =================
- * Free RAM: Displays the amount of free memory still available.
-
- * Clock/Date: Allows you to change the date & time. Click once on the
- date/time display and you can edit the displayed date (ESC deletes!).
- Enter the date as YY/MM/DD HH/MM, not DD/MM/YY... - press RETURN or ENTER
- to terminate your entry.
-
- * Click: Click on the little box - a checkmark [ ✓] will (dis)appear.
- (Checkmark present = keyboard click on. That's how most of the functions
- of James work)
-
- * Bell: stop the unharmonic bell sound of the soundchip.
-
- * Other KBD: If you click on the text (not on the button) you will get a
- fileselector-box. Select a *.KBD-file to change your keyboard layout.
- After you have done that you can switch to the new keyboard layout you've
- just loaded (and back, of course). If an error occured during loading,
- e.g. file not found (TOS Error #33) then the switching will be disabled.
-
- * Repeat: Keyboard-repeat on/off.
-
- * Repeat-Speed: Set the repeat-speed according to your taste. This option
- works exactly as in the Control Panel.
-
- * Repeat-Delay: Should be clear. If not try out!
-
- * Double Click: This value determines how fast GEM reacts on a
- mouse-click. The littler the value the slower GEM will react.
-
- * ExtKey: Get special ASCII's using a standard keyboard. If you want to
- type characters like é â ä à ç ê ë è ï î, you could load another keyboard
- layout containing these char's. But there's a more comfortable way to do
- it: first step - type the main character, e.g. <e>. Second step - hold
- down the CONTROL-key and press <'> (use shift if necessary!). You'll get
- your <é> without messing around with ASCII codes.
- -- Possible characters:
-
- with "'": |
- | |E|a|e|i|o|u| |
- |´|É|á|é|í|ó|ú| | with Backspace:
- | |!|?|A|I|O|a|c|i|o|r|
- with "~": | |¡|¿|Æ|IJ|Œ|æ|©|ij|œ|®|
- |A|N|O|a|n|o| |
- |Ã|Ñ|Õ|ã|ñ|õ| | with ",":
- | |C|c|
- with ".": | |Ç|ç|
- |A|a| |
- |Å|å| | with "-":
- | |:|L|Y|
- with "/": | |÷|£|¥|
- |O|c|o|u| |
- |Ø|¢|ø|µ| | with "`":
- | |A|a|e|i|o|u|
- with "^": | |À|à|è|ì|ò|ù|
- |a|e|i|o|u| |
- |â|ê|î|ô|û| | with ":"
- | | |A|O|U|a|e|i|o|u|y|
- with "_": | |¨|Ä|Ö|Ü|ä|ë|ï|ö|ü|ÿ|
- |+|<|=|>|a|o| |
- |±|≤|≡|≥|ª|º| |
-
- * Snapshot: ALT-HELP saves the current screen on disk using the
- DEGAS-format. (The pic's are always saved to 'A:\HCOPY_??.PI?', and note
- that disk errors won't be reported!)
-
- * Fast Mouse: A dynamic mouse-speeder, MAC-like.
-
- * Dark: If switched on, the screen display will be shut off in ?? minutes.
- This screensaver works with any other program without causing troubles!
-
- * VBL-Simul.: => Vertical BLank-Simulation. If the screen is shut off by a
- screensaver, the video chip doesn't generate vertical blank interrupts.
- Some programs having subroutines in the 'VBL-slot' are dependent on this
- interrupt source, and if you have switched on the VBLsim option, James
- will 'simulate' this interrupt so that nobody realizes that the screen has
- been shut off.
- If you haven't understood this: doesn't matter, have it switched on.
-
- * Invers: (Only monochrome) - Try out!
-
- * 50/60 Hz: (only colour mode) - this option replaces 'inverse' if you
- work in midres. Replaces 'ChangeHertz.PRG'.
-
- * Vector Control: James will constantly check some important system
- pointers. This is very useful to detect viruses that need these system
- pointers for their operation. You'll be warned if there's been an illegal
- change.
-
- * Blitter: Control the bitblt chip! Useful if you want to switch on/off
- the blitter chip when working with another program. Note: the desktop
- doesn't recognize the changed blitter status - it will be reset to the
- desktop's default... sorry.
-
- * Save Settings: Save current setup to disk. The file JAMES.ACC must be
- accessible in the boot device - don't forget to put your boot disk in the
- right drive, otherwise James will grumble...
-
- * 'PRN & AUX' and 'Disk': Invokes the other dialog boxes:
-
- The PRN & AUX Menu:
- ====================
- * There isn't much to say about it because this dialog box works exactly
- like the famous Control Panel. However, note that all changes will be
- cancelled by 'ABORT' and validated by 'OK'. By the way: if you use TOS
- 1.4, the baud rate will be displayed correctly even if you change it with
- another program.
-
- The Disk Menu:
- ===============
- * Test Bootsector: Examines a disk to see if it isn't infected by one of
- the known viruses. If you are in doubt, use a good virus-killer program to
- check it out.
-
- * Control Bootsector: Supervises permanently the bootsector of any disk.
- If you insert an infected disk James will warn you if there's something
- special in the bootsector. That's the ultimate protection against
- bootsector viruses.
-
- * Verify: Supresses the verify that TOS performs after having written
- something to (floppy)disk. With verify off, you will have the write speed
- increased by up to 100% - but use only good disks!
- (This is not a fastload option!)
-
- * Writeprotect: A condom for the ST. Any program that uses the standard
- OS-routines for disk write operations will 'see' a write-protected disk.
- But sometimes you'll need to switch off this write protection when you get
- the 'Critical Error Handler': do it by pressing
- <L-SHIFT>-<R-SHIFT>-<RETURN>. (And don't forget to re-enable the write
- protection afterwards!)
-
- * Harddisk Ship: A harddisk-user should 'park' his 'noise generator'
- before switching it off. That avoids data losses due to uncontrolled head
- landings.
-
-
- Miscellaneous:
- ===============
- * Of course there's also a keyboard-reset:
- try <CTRL><ALT><DEL> to get a 'warm' reset, and <CTRL><ALT><R-SHIFT><DEL>
- to get a 'cold' one. After a cold-reset, the computer will be in the same
- state as if you had turned it off. You might need this if you want to get
- rid of a reset-resistant program!
-
- * ExtKey can be switched on or off by pressing <SHIFT>-<SHIFT>-<ALT>.
-
- * During system startup, James may ask the current time/date if you
- haven't a MEGA-ST compatible real-time clock or if your keyboard-clock has
- not yet been set to the right date.
-
- * About these *.KBD files: They can be edited with any standard
- keyboard-layout-editor as MKKBD, KSLAYOUT or ASCII_ED (the latter is
- german pubdom.)
-
- Internal stuff:
- ================
- * James uses the XBRA-protocol. The xb_identifier is 'JAM1'.
-
- * James doesn't work in Lowres. Due to GEM-AES it isn't possible to switch
- back from mid to lowres. You'll see bombs. Sorry.
-
- * The VBL-Simulator uses the MFP timer-A. If this timer isn't available at
- available at the moment James switches off the screen, James puts an alert
- message on the screen. However, you can be sure that the timer A is
- available for other programs during normal video chip activity.
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
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