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- Installing UniMode on a floppy based system
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- 1. Go to your nearest Acorn dealer
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- 2. Buy a harddisc and install it on your machine.
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- 3. Follow the instructions for a harddisc based system given below.
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- Installing UniMode on a harddisc based system
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- 0. Switch on your computer and go to the desktop.
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- 1. Insert the disc holding the !UniMode application and click on the
- floppydisc icon. Copy the application to your harddisc.
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- 2. Dismount the floppydisc. Open de application-directory and copy the
- module "UniMode" to a convenient spot on your boot-disc. (eg. a
- directory 'Modules' or the root-directory)
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- 3. Create a directory "Modes" on your harddisc. Here you can later store
- all your MDFs.
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- 4. Edit the bootfile and/or the desktop-bootfile on the harddisc.
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- - Add this line: "RMLoad <Path>.UniMode" where <Path> is the full
- pathname of the directory where you have stored the module.
- When booting this will automatically load the UniversalMode module
- E.g. adfs::BootDisc.$.Modules.UniMode
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- - Rem out any lines that load modules like "SuperVidc", "AutoVidc"
- i.e. modules that control the state of the VidcEnhancer or modules
- that supply soft-modes (e.g. HighModes, BigModes, Overscan,
- Mode90). You will nolonger need them.
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- 5. Now double-click on the !UniMode icon in the directory display. You will
- have to answer a number of questions to install the application on your
- system.
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- 6. Click MENU over the icon bar icon and move the mouse over the arrow next
- to the item 'Extract'. A window will appear. There are 128 icons numbered
- 0 to 127. These icons represent the 128 screenmodes. A black icon
- represents a RISCOS mode. A green icon represents a UniMode-mode. A red
- icon represents a screenmode supplied by another module. A grey icon
- indicates that the mode is not available. Ideally there should be NO red
- icons in this window.
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- To get rid of a red icon follow the procedure described below.
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- 7. Click on the red icon. The modedefinition will be extracted.
- a. Open the 'Edit' submenu and choose the item 'ID Text...'
- b. Enter some sensible information.
- c. Choose the 'Compile' option in the main menu.
- d. Open the 'Save' submenu and move to the 'MDF' option.
- e. A Save-box will appear. You can now save the UniMode file. We suggest
- that you save the file in the previously created directory 'Modes'.
- f. In your bootfile after the line: 'RMLoad...UniMode', add the
- following:
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- ModeLoad <file> <mode#>
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- where <file> is the full path and filename of the file you just saved
- and <mode#> is the modenumber from which it was extracted.
- g. Repeat this for each red icon you see in the Mode Selector window.
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- 8. Now comes the difficult part. You have to find out which modules supply
- all those modes that caused a red icon. At the *-prompt type: 'Modules'.
- Modules called: eg. SuperVidc, AutoVidc, Overscan, Mode90, BigModes
- (anything with the word "mode" in it except "UniversalMode") are
- potential candidates. You have to find out where these modules are loaded
- from and then make sure they are not loaded anymore by commenting out
- (with "|") the relevant RMLoad or RMEnsure lines and removing the modules
- from your harddisc. Usually you will find these lines to be in the
- desktop-bootfile or in a file called !Boot or !Run in some application.
- Finally remove the modules from your harddisc. Maybe you want to keep
- them for backup purposes or some sentimental reason on a floppy-disc? If
- the module supplies not only the modedefinitions but also adds to the
- functionality of the desktop or the application it came with then you
- have got a problem. In that case you can't remove it. So, don't go
- careless by deleting everything before you are absolutely sure that
- you don't need it anymore. (By the way, have you read our disclaimer
- already? The file is called 'Notice')
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- 10.We advise you to keep the number of MDFs in the 'Modes' directory on your
- harddisc to an absolute minimum to save space. It would be better to add
- the ModeLoad command (or replace a "RMLoad <App$Dir>.MyMode" by a
- ModeLoad command) in the !Run file of the application that requires a
- given soft-mode and put the MDF(s) inside the application directory.
- Remember to extract the mode(s) before deleting the module!
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- 11.Reboot your computer and see what happens. If you followed the
- instructions above correctly, you will find that you have:
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- a. instead of umpteen little modules that where needed to control
- the VidcEnhancer or that supplied softmodes, now there's only one
- module doing all of that. You might even have more available RAM
- and/or discspace than before the change-over.
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- b. dynamic control over the VidcEnhancer. (ON, OFF, AUTO, QUIET,
- INTELLIGENT, PREFS)
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- c. DYNAMIC control over the soft-modes. You can now load ONLY the
- modes that YOU want. You can remove any unwanted modes provided
- that they are supplied by UniMode. YOU can decide where the mode
- is loaded (i.e. which modenumber). This is called: Relocatable
- Softmodes.
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- 12. Read the manual on how to create your own MDF or change the existing
- MDFs to your own/monitor's needs.
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