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MiNT is Not TOS: A Multitasking Operating System Extension for the Atari ST
Copyright 1990,1991,1992 Eric R. Smith. All rights reserved. See the file
"copying" for conditions of redistribution.
MiNT COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, NOR WILL I BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES INCURRED FROM THE USE OF IT. USE ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
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OK, some of you don't want to read docs (even when there's a whole
directory full of them). So here's the brief version of how to make
MiNT run. For a list of new features in this version of MiNT, see the
file "readme.new".
(1) put mint.prg in the AUTO folder of your boot disk. Make sure it's the
last thing in the folder -- anything after MiNT won't run.
(2) copy toswin.acc, toswin.rsc, and toswin.cnf to the root directory of
the boot disk. copy emacs.mnu to wherever you keep your EMACS editor (if
you have one).
(3) reboot
Simple, huh? Now, there are some things you can do to customize your
system:
(4) You can customize the way MiNT boots (for example, set what program
should be run at boot time, or automatically set up symbolic links) by
editing the file "mint.cnf" with an ordinary ASCII text editor.
(5) If you want MiNT to run something other than GEM, you can
tell MiNT to do this by providing a line like:
INIT=c:\mintshel.ttp
in mint.cnf; this tells MiNT to run "c:\mintshel.ttp" as its first
process rather than GEM. Any non-GEM program should work as an
INIT program. (mintshel.ttp is available with the MiNT utilities
in the file "mntutl95.zoo").
(6) If you have TOS 1.2 or higher, you can install a new drive (drive
U:) on the desktop. This has all other drives as subdirectories,
plus some special subdirectories:
U:\DEV shows all BIOS devices available under MiNT
U:\PROC shows all processes that are active; deleting
a process will (usually) kill it.
(7) While MiNT is running, there are some special keys available:
CTRL-ALT-C: kills all processes that are reading from/writing to the
screen. Useful for getting out of hung programs.
CTRL-ALT-\ or CTRL-ALT-UNDO: similar to CTRL-ALT-C, but somewhat more
fatal (fewer programs choose to catch the signal these keys
raise)
CTRL-ALT-DEL: resets the computer, as in TOS 1.4 and higher
CTRL-ALT-F1: raises the "debug level" of MiNT. Pressing this key once
causes a message to be printed whenever an error occurs;
pressing it twice causes a detailed trace of system calls.
This key can be *very*, *very* useful in tracking down problems
with any program!
CTRL-ALT-F2: lowers the debugging level -- press it as many times as
you pressed CTRL-ALT-F1 to turn off all debugging
CTRL-ALT-F3: controls where debugging output goes; press it once and
output goes to the printer, press it again and it is sent
to the RS232 port, press it again and it goes to MIDI.
CTRL-ALT-F4: resets debugging output to the console
CTRL-ALT-F5: shows all memory being used in the system
CTRL-ALT-F6: shows all active processes in the system
CTRL-Z: suspends processes reading from/writing to the screen if the
keyboard is not in "raw" mode. Use this key only if you're
running a shell that, like you, understands job control.
CTRL-ALT-Z: suspends processes reading from/writing to the screen
no matter what. The warning with CTRL-ALT-Z applies doubly here!
(8) It has been reported that MiNT works much better under TOS 1.0
if FATSPEED.PRG is in the AUTO folder before it.
Other Docs:
"readme" contains a general introduction to MiNT
"readme.new" summarizes the new features of this version of MiNT
"copying" says under what conditions you can make copies of MiNT
"toswin.doc" contains information about the background program accessory
"mint.doc" contains more detailed information about MiNT, including
information of interest to programmers
"features" is a list of areas where MiNT is deliberately incompatible with
TOS
"bugs" is a list of known bugs in MiNT -- read this one! Also, remember that
there are lots of unknown bugs in MiNT as well.
"problems" is an (incomplete) list of programs that are known to have
problems working under MiNT
"faq" answers some frequently asked questions about MiNT.