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- Welcome to the world of AMOS 3D
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- *** Please read all these notes before progressing further ***
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- Quick Start
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- First you must
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- * Make a copy of your AMOS Programs disc
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- * Update to AMOS 1.3 (or latest version)
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- * Install the AMOS 3D extension
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- The install procedure not only adds a new extension to your AMOS Programs
- disc but also saves out a number of demos that show the power of AMOS 3D.
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- These demos are saved into a folder called `AMOS_3D_Demos'. Also inside
- this folder is an `objects' folder - this holds all the 3D object files
- that are used by the demos.
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- Compiler users
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-
- Installing the 3D system and AMOS Compiler onto an AMOS Language disc can be
- a very tight business. Your best procedure is as follows:
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- * Update to AMOS1.3 (or latest version)
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- * Install 3D
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- * Look at all the demos to get used to the system
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- * Remove the `AMOS_3D_Demos' folder from the disc to make room for the
- Compiler and/or other extensions you may wish to install
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- * Install the AMOS Compiler
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- The AMOS 3D install procedure requires at least 240k of free disc space to
- work fully.
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- In the Compiler install settings menu, only the first option will leave
- your disc with enough space for AMOS 3D. The other two options (1meg/1drive
- and (1 meg/2 drives) eat up too much.
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- So the key is to remove the `AMOS_3D_Demos' folder as soon as you want
- to create an AMOS Programs disc with Compiler, 3D and any other extensions
- on it.
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- Compiling 3D programs
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- The AMOS 3D extension needs to find a file called `c3d.lib'. In the manual
- you are told that 3D looks inside the AMOS_System folder for this file. Since
- that was written we have added a more intellegent system for reading the file.
-
- 3D looks in four places for c3d.lib:
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- 1 Within the current directory
- 2 Inside the amos_system folder - only if it exists within the
- current folder
- 3 Inside :amos_system - the root directory
- 4 Where MOUSE.Abk was loaded from - depends on your environment file.
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- Memory
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- It is essential to have at least 1Meg of memory. If you only have 512k you
- won't be able to write even the smallest 3D program from AMOS.
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- Date and Time
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- After you have updated to AMOS1.3 you'll find a program called Get_Time.AMOS
- on the new Programs disc. This little AMOS program supplies you with two
- useful procedures that report back the date and time held by the system. A
- feature that many of you have been requesting on your registration cards.
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- A3000 Users
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- Due to a problem with Workbench and OM, you'll find that task priorities will
- clash when using OM from the Workbench. To avoid this problem for now, simply
- call OM from the CLI and don't `loadwb' at startup.
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- If you really need OM and Workbench operating at the same time you can
- resolve the problem by typing:
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- ChangeTaskPri 1
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- from the CLI. This will make OM much more easier to use. But don't be put
- off, we are working on the problem now. So by the time you return your
- registration card to us (with the A3000 box ticked) we'll be in a position to
- send you out a special update to fix this.
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