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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents Part I: Getting Started 1. The Faicon030, 1-\ Introduction, 1-\ Standard Features, 1- 1 Opt ions, 1-2 Using This Manual, 1-2 Part I: Getting Started, 1-2 Part II: Us ing the Desktop, 1-3 Part III: Appendixes, Glossary, and Index, 1-3...
  • Page 3 Fa/con030 Owner's Manual System Or ientation, 1- 1 1 Front Panel, 1- 1 1 Right Side Panel, 1- 12 Rear Panel, 1- 13 Left Side Panel, 1- 14 2. Using Your Computer, 2- 1 Learning the Fundamentals, 2- 1 How a Computer Works, 2- 1 Memory, 2- 1 System Memory, 2-2 Storage Memory, 2-2...
  • Page 4 Contents Part II: Using the Desktop 3. The G E M-Desktop Basic Desktop Skills, 3-1 Using the Mouse, 3- 1 Holding the Mouse, 3-2 Moving the Pointer, 3-2 Selecting, 3-2 Selecting an Icon, 3-2 Dragging, 3-3 Dragging an Icon, 3-3 Selecting Multiple Icons, 3-4 Using the Rubber-band Box, 3-5 Using Shift-clicking, 3-5...
  • Page 5 Fa/con030 Owner's Manual 4. A Guided Tour of the Desktop, 4-1 The Menu Bar, 4-1 Desk Menu, 4-2 Desktop Info, 4-2 Control Panel, 4-2 File Menu, 4-3 Open, 4-3 Show Information, 4-4 Search,4-5 Delete, 4-6 Create Folder, 4-6 Close Directory, 4-7 Close Top Window, 4-7 Bottom to Top, 4-7 Select all Items, 4-7...
  • Page 6 Contents Desk Accessories, 4-27 The Control Panel, 4-27 A bout..., 4-28 Setup ... , 4-28 Advanced Setup Options, 4-3 1 Open C PXs ... , 4-33 C PX Info, 4-33 Unload C PX ... , 4-34 C PXs, 4-34 General Setup, 4-34 Status, 4-34 Audio Feedback, 4-35 Chip Select, 4-35...
  • Page 7 Falcon030 Owner's Manual Port, 4-40 Color Setup, 4-41 True Color, 4-42 Sound Setup, 4-42 Window Colors, 4-42 Configure C PXs, 4-44 Accelerator, 4-45 5. Desktop Management, 5-1 Working with Directories, Folders, and Files, 5- 1 Identifying a Directory, Folder, or File, 5-1 Displaying a Directory or Folder, 5-2 Files and Filenames, 5-2 Pathnames, 5-5...
  • Page 8 Contents Expanded Desk Menu, 6-3 Adoptive Menu Bars, 6-3 Foreground and Background Applications, 6-3 More Desktop Control, 6-4 Ease of Use, 6-4 Launching Applications, 6-4 Running an Application in the Foreground, 6-5 Running an Application in the Background, 6-5 Part III: Appendixes, Glossary, and Index A.
  • Page 9 Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Erasing the Contents of a Logical Drive, B- l l Extending the System Wide Folder Limit, B-1 2 Marking Bad Sectors, B-13 Organizing and Maintaining your Hard Disk, B- 1 5 Backing Up the Hard Disk, B-1 6 Optimizer Programs, B-1 6 Extended Partition Schemes, B- 16 Other Advanced Hard Disk Utilities Disk Files, B-18...
  • Page 10 Contents E. Connector Specifications, E-l DSP Connector, E-I SCSI Connector, E-l Serial Port, E-2 Parallel Port, E-3 Monitor Connector, E-4 SCC Connector, E-S Enhanced Joystick, E-8 MIDI Port, E-9 F. Customer Support, F- l Glossary Index Contents...

  • Page 12: Part I: Getting Started

    Part I: Getting Started...

  • Page 14: The Faicon030

    Your Faicon030 is ava i l able w i th the following standard features and options. Standard Featu res 1 6MHz 68030 m icroprocessor •...

  • Page 15: Options

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual The Atari M u l t iTOS pre-emptive multitaski ng operat ing environment • A control panel that allows you to customi ze the different features of your • desktop A sophisticated desktop that displays your favorite executable fi les as •...

  • Page 16: Part Ii: Us Ing The Desktop

    Part Getting Started Part I I: Usi ng the Desktop Chapter 3, The GEM-Desktop, teaches you how to do basic tasks on the desktop, such as mov i ng the cursor and working w i th w i ndows. Chapter 4, A Guided Tour of the Desktop, i ntroduces you to all the desktop's menus, commands, and features.

  • Page 17: Special Notations

    Appendix F, Customer Support, tel l s you where to find more i nformation about your Atari computer and other Atari computer products. Glossary defines common technical terms used in this manual as they relate to your computer.

  • Page 18: Setting Up Your System

    C o n n ecti n g the Mouse Note. : We recommend that you purchase a mouse pad to use with your A tari mouse. A mouse pad provides a clean, even sUiface that prevents dust and dirt ji'om collecting inside the mouse. The Faicon030 1 -5...

  • Page 19: Connecting The Monitor

    Faicon030 Owner's Manual There is a 9-pin plug w i th two rows of holes on the end of the mouse cord. T h i s plug fi ts i nto t h e joyst ick/mouse port i n one di rection o n l y , so y o u don ' t need to worry about making a wrong connection.

  • Page 20: Starting Your System

    I: Getting Started Part Starting you r System Now that you've connected the monitor, mouse, and power cord, you ' re ready to start (or boot ) your system. The term comes from the word boot bootstrap. Bootstraps allow you to p u l l on a boot, just l i ke booti ng a computer allows you to start your computer's operating system (more on t h i s later).

  • Page 21: Memory, 2

    While the computer is starting the operating system and checking the system memory, you' l l see the Atari logo on the upper left portion of the screen. You w i l l a l so see a bar displayed across the screen. When the system completes the memory test, the bar starts to shrink.

  • Page 22: Connecting Peripheral Devices

    Part I: Getting Started With the com p uter turned off, i nsert the work ing co p y of the Language d i s k into drive S w itch on any p eri p herals attached to the system. S w itch on the system.
  • Page 23 Fa/con030 Owner's Manual sure you have the right cable. Connect the power cable to the power jack on the back of the device. Insert the three-pronged plug i n to a grounded wall outlet or power strip. Set the SCSI !D Sw itch accord i n g to the fol l owing g uidel i nes: a) If the device is a hard disk, it M U ST be set to O.

  • Page 24: System Or Ientation, 1- 1

    I: Getting Started Part System Orientation Thi s gu ide makes frequent references to various system components and features. Taki ng a few m inutes to fam i l i arize yoursel f with the layout of your system w i l l save you time when using your computer and t h i s manual .

  • Page 25: Right Side Panel

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Mouse port, underneath the keyboard, connects Atari mouse. (The M ouse port i s not v is i ble in Figure I - I . ) R i g ht Side Panel Fol l ow i ng i s a n i l l ustration and descript ion o f the features o n the right side pane l .

  • Page 26: Rear Panel

    DSP for direct input/output of h igh-speed digital signals. -- Headphone: M ini-stereo output j ack connects headphones or external speakers for sound output. M icrophone: M ini-stereo input accepts a signal from a microphone, or a stereo system . The Faicon030 1 -1 3...

  • Page 27: Left Side Panel

    Reset sw i tch cold-boots the system when depressed. Left Side Panel The fol l ow i ng i s an i l l ustration and descri pt ion o f the features o n the left side pane l . 1 -14 T h e Faicon030...
  • Page 28 Note: Musical Instrument Digitallntelface or MIDI ports allow you to connect your system with other MIDI devices, such as electronic keyboards, sophisticated tape recorders and a host of other electronic devices that communicate using the MIDI standard. The Faicon030 1 -1 5...

  • Page 30: Using Your Computer

    Getting ::5tarted fJart I: Using Your Computer Learn i ng The Fu ndamentals This section i s designed t o teach you about basic computer-related concepts and technologies. More avanced computer users may w i sh to skip this section and go directly to Part II: Using the Desktop.

  • Page 31: System Memory

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Your computer uses two types of memory, system memory and storage memory. Syste m Me mory System memory consists of m icroch ips i nside you r computer. The computer uses system memory as a temporary work area in which to load and run program s , and a way of storing i mportant i nformation, so that i t can be accessed quickly.

  • Page 32: Floppy Disks

    Part I: Getting Started The Falcon030 is available with an optional internal hard disk, which is ready to work, as soon as you boot up the system. The hard disk is divided into partitions, which appear on the desktop as drive icons (See Desktop Elements Part...

  • Page 33: Operating System

    Faicon030 Owner's Manual Ope rating Syste m Every computer needs an operating system to carry out even the most basic functions. For example, TOS (your compute r ' s operating syste m ) controls the way your computer handles tasks l ike reading from and wri t i ng to disks, translating mouse movement i nto on-screen cursor movement, and displaying i nformation on the screen .

  • Page 34: The Mouse

    Gettmg �tarted Part I: The GEM Desktop i s the starti ng point for almost everyt h i ng you do w ith the computer. The basi c desktop contains two floppy disk icons, four hard disk icons (if you have a hard disk), and a trash can icon on the left edge of the screen, a menu bar at the top of the screen , and a pointer.
  • Page 35 Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Chapter Guided Tour of the Desktop. Figure 2-1. The Keyboard The a lphan umeric keys (letters, n umbers, and symbols) have the same function as s i m ilar keys on a typewriter. For example, pressing [S] produces and pres s ing [ S h i ft ] [S] produces Pressing [Caps Lock] toggles (switches back and forth)

  • Page 36: The Floppy Disk Drive

    Part Gettmg Started The four arrow keys move the cursor i n the d i rection indicated by the arro w . The cursor is a movable graphic screen symbol (often an arrow, block, or vertical l i ne) that marks where the next action takes place. Note: The presence of a text cursor indicates that the computer is ready for you to type something.
  • Page 37 Falcon030 Owner's Manual density disk. Disks used for dens it i es or storage beyond thei r rating are not dependable. You can reformat previously used floppy disks. S ince formatting erases all information on a disk, i t is sometimes more effic ient to reformat a floppy disk than to delete all of a floppy disk's files.

  • Page 38: Write Protecting A Floppy Disk

    Part I: Getting Started Caution: If the formatted disk does not have a reported capacity of 1,458,176 bytes (high-density), 726,016 bytes (double-sided), or 357,376 bytes (single-sided), the disk may be defective. If this is the case, try formatting the disk again. If the problem persists, discard the bad disk and use another disk.
  • Page 40 Pa rt II: Using the Desktop...

  • Page 42: The Gem Desktop

    Part II: Using the Desktop The GEM Desktop Basic Desktop Ski l ls U s i ng the Desktop i s easy. The fol lo w i ng i nformation and tutorials w i l l help fami l i arize you w i th the elements of the desktop. Readers already fami li ar w i th TOS ' s basic desktop app l i c ations may w i sh to skip d i rectly to Chapter 4, A Guided Tour of the Desktop.

  • Page 43: Holding The Mouse

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Holding the Mouse P lace your hand over the mouse. Gently grasp the mouse between your thumb and outer fingers. If you ' re left-handed, you ' l l probabl y want to rest your m iddle finger on the left mouse button.

  • Page 44: Selecting An Icon

    Part 1/: Using the Desktop Selecting an Icon There are t w o types o f icons: desktop icons a n d w i ndow icons. Desktop i cons incl ude floppy and hard disk drive icons, printer and cartri dge icons, and the trash can icon.

  • Page 45: Dragging An Icon

    Fa/con030 Owner' s Manual When you ' ve dragged the objects to the desi red location, release the left mouse button to end the process. You need to drag to perform copy, move, or delete operations. If you drag a fil e icon or icons to a new destination and release the left mouse button, the associated file or files w i l l be copied, moved, or deleted, depending on the operation performed.

  • Page 46: Using The Rubber-Band Box

    Part II: Using the Desktop You can use shift-cl icking to select multiple icons i n d i v iduall y i n stead of hav i ng to select items that are physically grouped together. The selected icons do not have to be in sequence on a l ist, or near each other on the desktop.

  • Page 47: Combining Rubber-Banding And Shift-Clicking

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Now hold down [ S h i ft] and position the pointer over the drive B icon. Cl ick the left mouse button. Both the drive nd drive B icons are now high Note: You must hold down [Shift] until all desired icons are selected. Once you release [Shift] , no further icons can be added to the selected group.

  • Page 48: Moving The Pointer With Keystrokes

    Part /I: Using the Desktop To use keystroke combinations, hold down the first key l isted and press the second key (or i f three keys are l i sted, hold down the first two keys and press the third key ) . Note: Refer to Appendix A, Pointer Control and Quick Reference,Jor a quick reference chart listing the keystrokes for controlling the pointer.

  • Page 49: Dragging With Keystrokes

    Faicon030 Owner's Manual To close the open window, position the pointer over the small box in the upper left hand corner of the window and press [ A l t] [Insert]. The window closes. Drag g i ng with Keystrokes To drag with keystroke combinations, press [Alt] [ I n sert] combined with any arrow key to drag a selected icon or group of icons i n the d i rection of the arrow.

  • Page 50: Opening And Closing A Window

    Part II: Using the Desktop appears in the center of a w i ndow ' s move bar. rt shows the Drive Identifier drive letter of the open dri ve, in this case hard d i sk drive C. you what type of fi les are displayed i n the w i ndow. You can File Mask tells set the File Mask to d i splay all the fil e s in a directory, or you can set up restrictions on the types of fi les displayed.

  • Page 51: Scrolling A Window

    Falcon030 O wner's Manual Note: !f the drive A icon highlights but the window does not open , the computer has not recognized your click as a double-click, but only as a single-click. Move the pointer to a clear area of the desktop and click once to deselect the icon . Try again, and remember that double clicking can be a bit tricky at first.

  • Page 52: Sizing A Window

    Part II: Using the Desktop h idden , and the screen d isplays previously h idden items. Note: You can also scroll using the up and down arrow keys to the right of the m.ain keyboard. Try scroll i n g entries continuously by positioning the pointer over the scroll arrow that i ndicates hidden items.

  • Page 53: Moving A Window

    Falcon030 Owner's Manual You can i ncrease or decrease the l ine segments of the object by pressing a n umber key on the keypad. Try press i ng the number keys unt i l you find a shape that you l ike. There are other ways of contro l l i n g the L i nes program , w h ich you w i l l l earn about l ater.

  • Page 54: Opening A Menu

    Part 11: Using the Desktop Make any w i ndow the top wi ndow by position i ng the pointer anywhere on the w i ndow and c l icking the left mouse button. Open w indows may overlap. I f they do, the top w i ndow is al ways completely displ ayed.

  • Page 55: Opening A Pop-Up

    Falcon030 Owner's Manual Ope n i ng a Pop-up Pop-ups appear as shadowed buttons when closed, and menus when open . To open a pop-up, click o n a shadowed ( pop-up) button with the mouse. A pop­ up w i l l appear w ith a l i st of selectable items. The currently selected item is indicated by a checkmark .

  • Page 56: A Guided Tour Of The Desktop

    Using the Desktop Part II: A Guided Tour of the Desktop The Men u Bar The top edge o f the desktop contai n s the menu bar. The menu headings are Desk, File, View, and Options. To see the commands w i th i n any menu heading, position the pointer over the menu heading.

  • Page 57: Desk Menu

    Fafcon030 Owner's Manual Desk M e n u The Desk menu i s divided i nto sections of selectable menu i tems. The upper section displays the name of the app l i cat ion you are c urrently u s i ng . Selecting this menu i tem displays i nformati on about the app l i c ation.

  • Page 58: File Menu

    Part Using the Desktop F i l e Me n u The File menu contain s options for opening and c losing d i rectory w indows, selecti ng all displayed fil e s and folders for an operation, deleting a fi l e or fol der, creating a folder, formatting disks, and more.

  • Page 59: Show Information

    Faicon030 Owner 's Manual S how I nformation When you h i g h l ight a floppy disk, logical drive, folder, o r fi le icon and select the Show I nfo opt ion , the screen displays information about the h i g h l i ghted i tem.

  • Page 60: Search,4-5

    Part II: Using the Desktop Path The top l i ne l ists the complete path of the fi le or folder. I f the path is too long to d isplay on the l i ne , you can use the scroll arrows to reveal the hidden part of the pathname.

  • Page 61: Delete

    Fa/con030 Owner' s Manual You m ust set the parameters of the search by typing in the name of the fi l e for which you are searching. You can also type i n part of a fi lename, and Search matches the typed characters.

  • Page 62: Close Directory

    Part Using the Desktop Note: Certain characters cannot be used within a folder name or extension. For a list of illegal characters, see Files and Filenames in Chapter 5, Desktop Management. Close Di rectory The C lose D i rectory command c loses the top level of the active w indow. For example, l et ' s say the top w indow i s a folder w i ndow, and that folder res ides i n the m a i n d i rectory of drive C .

  • Page 63: Set File Mask

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Note: If the File Mask is (show all items), then all items , including allfolders , * . * are selected. Set F i l e M as k The Set F i le Mask command allows you to choose the fi le type t o be di spl ayed i n the active w i ndow.

  • Page 64: Format Floppy Disk

    Part 1/: Using the Desktop Format Floppy Disk Formatting prepares floppy d i sk s to accept data. You can format disks as e i ther single-sided , double-sided, or h igh-dens ity. U sed disks can be reformatted. A l l disks formatted w i th TOS are compatible w ith M S-DOS version or l ater.

  • Page 65: Show As Icons Or Show As Text

    Faicon030 Owner's Manual Sh ow as Icons or Show as Text The same d i rectory, with entries displayed both as icons and as text , is shown in the fol lowing example. C : \* . * :� C : \ * . * i teMs .

  • Page 66: Size To Fit, 4- 1

    Part II: Using the Desktop Folders as a group are always l i sted first, fol lowed by files ( E xcept w i th the N o Sort Option). You c a n sort y o u r fil e s a n d folders i n t h e fol lo w i ng way s : Sort b y N a m e Displays files and folders alphabetically.

  • Page 67: Options Menu

    Faicon030 Owner's Manual To mod i fy your desktop environment, fol low these steps: H ig h l i gh t the Desktop box . Position the pointer over the solid black Style square and cl ick once. To select a color, pos ition your po inter over the desi red color on the color palette and c l i ck once.

  • Page 68: Install Icon

    Using the Desktop Part II: I n stal l I co n I nstal l Icon al lows you to choose the shape of your w i ndow and desktop icon s . The DES K ICON. R S C fi le o n your C drive o r floppy startup disk contains a collection of icon shapes.
  • Page 69 Fa/con030 Owner's Manual U se the fol l owing steps to assign an i con shape to a group of desktop items: From t h e desktop, u s e rubber-banding and/or sh ift-cl icking t o h ig h l ight t h e group o f desktop items.
  • Page 70 Part II: Using the Desktop Open the w i ndow con taining the desired w i ndow i tems. H i g h l ight a single d i splayed window item or use rubber-banding to highlight a group of d i splayed w i ndow items. I nsta l l Icon Select from the Options menu.
  • Page 71 Fa/con030 Owner's Manual To assign an icon shape to a spec i fic file extension, fol l ow these steps: I n sta l l I c o n With a w i n d ow ope n , s e l e c t fro m the O p t i o n s m e n u .

  • Page 72: Install Application

    Part II: Using the Desktop Drag and posi tion the desired fi les over the printer icon. I f you have a printer properly connected to your system, the information from the fi le is sent to the printer. ( Some fi les may print onl y coded or incomplete information . ) After insta l l ing a printer icon, use Save Desktop t o save the installation.

  • Page 73: A Guided Tour Of The Desktop

    Fa/con030 Owner' s Manual Sometimes you need to give the program additional i n formation, such as what to do with a data file. This additional i n formation is cal led an argument. Most programs provide ways for the user to input arguments, such as an Open File command in a word processing program.
  • Page 74 Part If: Using the Desktop Choose the file type most common l y used by the appl ication. After l i n k i n g the appl i cation with the document type, the l inked appl ication automatical l y opens when you open the document.
  • Page 75 Fa/con030 Owner 's Manual Note: When installing multiple applications, selecting Skip causes Install Application to skip over the application identified on the Application name line. All the current settings are retained. Sel ecting a Default Directory Every program that work s with support i ng fi les ( e . g . , resource files or help fi les) needs a way to look for those fi les.
  • Page 76 Part Using the Desktop Check your program ' s documentation to determ i ne the program ' s default path, and make sure all of your data files reside in the correct d i rectory. Al ways try Full Path first. Then if necessary, experiment with other combi nations until you fi nd one that works with your appl ication.

  • Page 77: Install Devices

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Fol low these instructions to install an application to autoboot or to return an application to normal stat u s : H i g h l ight t h e icon o r name of t h e app l i cation you w i s h t o i nstal l t o autoboot. Select I n sta l l A p p l i ca t i o n from t h e Options men u .

  • Page 78: Set Preferences

    Part Using the Desktop The Save Desktop command saves your desktop configuration i n a file cal led NEWDES K .l N F. This file stores i n formation about wh ich icons have been Save Desktop i nstal led and the location of each icon on the desktop. See i n this c hapter.

  • Page 79: Read .Inf File

    . I N F. W i t h the Read . I N F File command, you i n struct your Atari computer to read i nformation from a spec i fied al ternate desktop information fi l e .

  • Page 80: Desktop Configuration

    Part II: Using the Desktop Foll ow these steps to use the Read . l N F F i l e command: Read . I N F F i l e Select from the Option me n u . The Select an INF File d i al og box displays.

  • Page 81: Save Desktop

    Fa/con030 Owner ' s Manual Use the Define S i ngle Keystroke up and down arrows to scro l l through the menu commands and the i r keystroke assignments. To change the keystroke of a displ ayed menu command, type in the desired keystroke . To c lear a l l menu command keystroke assignments, select Clear A l l .

  • Page 82: Desk Accessories

    Using the Desktop Part II: I f you show w indow items as text, you may want to narrow the w i ndows to show only the i tem ' s name and extension. If you leave the wi ndows open when you save the desktop, those w indows w i l l open t o the same s i ze and pos ition the next time you switc h o n the computer.

  • Page 83: About

    Selecting Save pl aces the currently d isplayed setti ng i nformation i n a fi le o n the startup disk. Your Atari computer reads this file duri ng startup and load in the saved setti ngs. Select OK if you j ust w ish to change a setti ng for one session. The Control Panel wi ndow closes, and the changes remain i n e ffect only until you switch off your computer.

  • Page 84: Date And Time

    Part II: Using the Desktop Gene r a l Setup Acce l erator Sound Setup Figure 4-2 . The Control Panel Date and Time The computer uses the date and time to mark i ndiv idual fi les with the date and time they were created or rev i sed.
  • Page 85 Fa/con030 Owner's Manual To change between hour t i me , position the poi nter over the selection box to the left of the word Time. Click the mouse button. B oth the 1 2 and 24 hour selection boxes display. Move the pointer until the desired box is highl ighted. C l ick the mouse button agai n .

  • Page 86: Advanced Setup Options, 4-3

    Part Jr' Using the Desktop Select the desired CPX by positioning your pointer over the name of the CPX and cl icking, The CPX high l ights, and the appropriate operation appears i n the Move box , Note: You can select multiple CPXs for the move CPXs operation. Use shift­ clicking or rubber banding to highlight more than one CPX.
  • Page 87 Fafcon030 Owner 's Manual Your Atari computer has to know how much RAM to reserve for CPX basic i n formation. When you set the M i nimum N u mber of S lots, you are telling the computer to reserve enough RAM to be able to store basic i n formation for that number of CPXs.

  • Page 88: Open C Pxs

    Using Desktop Part ll: Ope n C PXs . . . You can open a CPX by first highl igh ting the CPX on the Control Panel main w i ndow, and then selecting Open CPXs from the Control Panel Opt ions menu. You can also open a CPX by dou b l e cl icking on i t s box in the Control Panel m a i n w i ndow.

  • Page 89: Unload C Px

    This section provides a general description of the CPXs that come w i th your Atari computer. As CPXs are constantl y bei ng improved for your benefi t , the descri ptions contained in t h i s section may not correspond exactly to the CPXs that ship w i th your system.

  • Page 90: Audio Feedback

    Part II: Using the Desktop Audio Feedback The computer has two kinds of audio feedback, a c l ick signali ng each keystroke and a bel l signa l i ng keyboard or mouse errors. To control audio feedback, select the key top button or the bell button.

  • Page 91: Double-Click Response

    Do u ble-Cl ick Response Y o u c a n adjust your Atari compute r ' s response t o double cl icking. T o slow the computer's response to double-c l icking, al lowing you to double-cl i ck more s l o w l y , select a numbered b o x nearer to t h e resting mouse icon .

  • Page 92: Serial Port Selector

    Part 1/: Using the Desktop Serial Port Selecto r The Serial Port Selector allows you to te l l the computer which of the avai lable serial ports to recogn i ze as active. Select the port you are u s i ng for the connected modem. Baud Rate B aud rate is the speed at which data i s transmitted.

  • Page 93: Bits/Char

    Faicon030 Owner's Manual To set the parity, position the pointer over the shaded Par i ty box . Cl i c k once and a pop-up appears. Use the pointer to highlight the desired parity. Click the mouse button to select the h i g h l ighted option.

  • Page 94: Printer Setup

    Part 1/: Using the Desktop P rinter Setup Any program may access the printer configurations set b y the Printer Setup CPX. For example, the Print Screen option under the Options menu uses the pri nter setup information. Other u t il ities or applications may not. Check the manuals supplied with your programs to see i f a program can use the printer setup i nformation.

  • Page 95: Pixels/Line

    On dot matrix printers, a pixcl is a dot. Dot matrix pri nters print a certain number of pixels per l i ne when pri n t i ng in graph ics mode . If you have an Atari dot matrix graph ics printer, select 1 280.

  • Page 96: Color Setup

    Part Using the Desktop Note: For most serial printers, XonlXoffflow control is set to On. This setting enables the printer to signal the computer to temporarily stop sending data so it can print data it has already received. (See RS232 Configuration earlier in this chapter. ) Color Set u p Depending on your moni tor type and the screen resolution you have selected, u p to 256 colors canbe used for dra w i ng at one t ime on you r screen.

  • Page 97: True Color

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Cancel Color select and use the new palette u n t i l you s w i tch off the syste m , to e x i t the Setup and return to the Control Panel menu ( no changes are saved) , Reload t o d i splay t h e most recently saved defaults.
  • Page 98 Part Using the Desktop Even though the color palette contains thousands of colors, the number of available colors depends on the selected resolution of the d i splay (on certai n mode l s ) and w hether the display ' s output is color or duochrome. Refer to the hardware appendices for the exact reso l ution(s) and color(s) your computer is capable of d i splaying.

  • Page 99: Configure C Pxs

    Falcon030 Owner 's Manual Cancel start the computer, the most recently Saved colors and/or patterns appear., Select to exit W i ndow Colors and return to the Control Panel men u (no changes are saved). Config u re C PXs Configure C P X s a l l o w s y o u to change t h e name, choose t h e d i splayed text and icon color, and change the RAM resident status of CPXs.

  • Page 100: Accelerator

    Part Using the Desktop Accel erator The Accelerator CPX a l lows you to adjust the speed at which the on-screen pointer responds to the movement of your mouse. The Accelerator also contains a screen saver. There are three mouse Accelerator settings: Off, Fast, and S uper Fast. Choose Off i f you d o not w i sh to increase the response speed o f the pointer.

  • Page 102: Desktop Management

    Part II: Using the Desktop Desktop Management Wo rki ng with D i rectori es , Fo lders , and Fi les Directories and folders provide a way t o group files together for organization and storage. Maintain i ng an organized folder and directory structure helps you locate files and creates an efficient working environment, both for you and for your computer.

  • Page 103: Displaying A Directory Or Folder

    Fa/con030 Owner 's Manual When you open a folder, the fol de r ' s name is added to the move bar. If you opened a fol der cal led LETTERS that resided in the root directory of drive A, the move bar would display the fol lowing: A :\LETTE RS\* .

  • Page 104: Filenames And Extensions

    Part II: Using the Desktop Filenames and Extensions Files are identified by filenames. You can (must ) name the files you create, and you can change the names of ex isting files. The filename i s made up of two parts: the name and an optional three-character extension.
  • Page 105 Fa/con030 O wner ' s Manual Some files must have specific extensions. For example, the .PRG extension tel l s your computer that the file i s a n executable G E M application. If you remove the extension .PRG from the filename, the computer w i l l not recognize the fi le as an application.

  • Page 106: Pathnames

    Part II: Using the Desktop Note : When you sort files by type, they are arranged alphabetically by their extensions. Path names A path name tell s the computer where to find a fi le or folder. Path names begin w ith the appropriate drive identifier, and then l i st each appl icable folder, starting with the folder residing i n the root directory (e.g., A :\ or B :\ etc .

  • Page 107: Opening A File

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual The w i ndow now di splays the contents of the SALES folder. One of the i tems in the di splayed d i rectory is a folder called WESTERN. When that fol der is opened, the name of the folder is added to the path name.

  • Page 108: File Selector

    Part II: Using the Desktop ( Other methods of opening a program fi le are explained in the Instal l Application section under Options menu in the previous chapter. ) File Selecto r The File Selector is a spec ial dialog box that can only be accessed from within a program.
  • Page 109 Fa/con030 Owner ' s Manual If the directory contains more fi les than it can display in the window at one time, scroll the w indow to view the hidden files. ( See Scrolling a Window, Chapter 3, The GEM-Desktop . ) The drive selector shows the currently selected drive.
  • Page 110 Part II: Using the Desktop Sel ecting a Drive You can select a drive from the drive selector or the Directory l i ne. To select a drive with the drive selector, position the pointer over the target drive ' s letter.

  • Page 111: Opening A Data File

    Falcon030 Owner's Manual A question mark in a fi le specification replaces a s i ngle character. For example, the file specification M EMO? LET specifies a l l files which begi n w i th MEMO, have any character in the fifth position of the fil e ' s name, and which have the extension .LET.
  • Page 112 Part 1/: Using the Desktop Select Show to di splay the data file on screen. I f the fi le contains readable text, the text displays. If the fi le is longer than one screen, the message appears at the -More- bottom of each screen of text.

  • Page 113: Copying Files And Folders

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Copyi ng Fi l es and Fo lders You can copy window i tems ( fi les and folders) onto a floppy disk, logical drive or folder. When you copy a folder, the subdirectory information and all the folder' s contents (files and other folders) are copied to the new location.

  • Page 114: Name Conflict During Copying

    Part II: Using the Desktop If the destination folder' s w indow i s open, copying a fil e or folder updates the displayed d i rectory. N am e Confl i ct D u ri ng Copy i ng A name conflict occurs when you attempt to copy a w indow item to a floppy disk, logical drive, or folder that already contains an i tem of the same name.

  • Page 115: Renaming Files And Folders

    Falcon030 Owner' s Manual Select OK to complete the move. To cancel the move operation, select Cancel . When you select OK, the Move File(s) dialog box shows the destination folder ( i f there i s one) and the name o f the i tem moved. You call halt a move operation in progress by pressing [ Undo] while the bee icon displays.

  • Page 116: Updating A Directory

    Part II: Using the Desktop on the File Deletes confirmation option. You can halt a delete operation in progress by pressing [ Undo ] w h i le the bee icon displays. Deleting files is a fast operation, so you must act qu ickly to halt the process.

  • Page 118: Muititos

    Using the Desktop MuitiTOS M u ltiTOS i s Atari ' s exclusive multitasking environment. A multitasking environment can run a number of programs simultaneously, which makes i t more powerful and exciting to use than a conventional operating environment ( more on this l ater) .

  • Page 119: New Features

    Faicon030 Owner's Manual MultiTOS ' s memory protection defines the memory boundaries of each active program, which keeps one active program from i n terfering w ith another active program ' s memory. Using M u ltiTOS you can easily: Run m ultiple programs and desk accessories simultaneously •...

  • Page 120: Expanded Desk Menu

    Part 1/: Using the Desktop M u ltiTOS use Inter-Process Communications ( IPCs), such as messages, pipes, e tc . , t o pass i nformation. App l icatons that use the same I PCs c a n share information w ith M ul t iTOS .

  • Page 121: More Desktop Control

    Falcon030 Owner's Manual Bottom w i ndows are act i ve , but cannot receive input from the keyboard unless they are topped. Background processes can run independently, unti l they need i nput from user ( see Running an Application in the Background, later in this chapter).

  • Page 122: Running An Application In The Foreground

    Using the Desktop Part R u n n i ng an Appl i cation i n the Fo reg ro u nd MultiTOS is a versatile operating system which offers several ways to easily choose which appl ication runs i n the foreground. The Desk menu di splays a l i st, which incl udes the foreground application ( designated by a checkmark) and every application running in the background.
  • Page 123 Falcon030 Owner's Manual foreground application. The background process conti nues until it requires input from you, or unt i l it i s completed. MultiTOS...

  • Page 124: Part Iii: Appendixes, Glossary, And Index

    Pa rt III: App endixes, Glossa ry, a nd Index...

  • Page 126: Pointer Control & Quick Reference, A-I

    Appendixes Pointer Control & Quick Reference The fol lowing table l i sts mouse functions and keystroke combinations. You may copy this page and post it near your computer for quick reference. Action Function Keystrokes Mouse [Alt] any arrow key Move poi nter.

  • Page 128: Advanced Hard Disk Utilities

    Parked heads cannot damage the disk media during moving or shipp i ng. The Atari Advanced Hard Disk U t i l ities include two types of head parking programs.

  • Page 129: Parking Drive Heads On All Units

    Note: SHIP.PRG will not park the heads of a Megafde 44 Removable Hard Disk Drive. W i th a directory of the Atari Advanced Hard Disk Utilities disk di splaying, follow these i nstructions to run S H IP.PRG. Open the H D X folder.

  • Page 130: Unparking The Drive Heads

    Appendixes A dialog box displays, asking you if the hard disk drive to be parked is an ACSI drive or a SCSI drive. Select the appropriate drive type. Click on to continue. When the Select physical u n i t e s ) d i alog box appears, select the physical un its that are to have their heads parked.
  • Page 131 Faicon030 Owner' s Manual I nstal l i ng the H ard Disk D river Display the directory o f the HINST A L L folder. Fol low these steps t o install the hard disk driver: Run H IN STALL.PRG.

  • Page 132: Formatting And Partitioning The Hard Disk

    A s a n alternative t o removing the hard disk driver, you can simply bypass the driver. To do so, perform a keyboard warm-boot or press the reset button. When the Atari logo ( Fuj i ) appears, hold down [Alternate ] for a few seconds and the system bypasses the hard disk driver.
  • Page 133 Fa/con030 Owner's Manual If your system contains an i nternal hard disk, it w i l l be preformatted by Atari . Formatting erases al l information from a disk and prepares the disk to accept data. You may need to format the hard disk if the factory format becomes erased due to m i shandling or if the hard disk develops bad sectors.

  • Page 134: Partitioning

    Appendixes Select OK to continue. A dialog box may appear, displaying a l ist of hard disk unit types. Select the hard disk type showing your drive ' s model name. Select to continue. Read the alert message that appears on screen. Select OK to format the unit.

  • Page 135: Selecting A Unit To Partition

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Partitioning allows you to store and access your data efficiently by a llowing you to group files and folders in different logical drives. Use the Partition option to create partitions in sizes best suited to your disk storage needs.

  • Page 136: Selecting A Partitioning Scheme

    Appendixes Selecti ng a Partiti o n i ng Scheme After you select a physical u n i t for part i tioning, the Edit Part ition Scheme dialog box di splays. Use the Edit Partition Scheme dialog box to create a customized partitioning scheme.
  • Page 137 Faicon030 Owner's Manual I n fonnation l ines appear at the top of the dialog box. The Total l ine d isplays the current total number of partitions. The Left l ine displays the number of megabytes on your disk that have not yet been assigned to any partition.

  • Page 138: Selecting A Preset Partitioning Scheme, B-Ll

    Appendixes Selecti ng a P reset Partiti o n i ng Scheme The Choose a Partition Scheme dialog box appears when you select Menu from the Edit Partition Scheme dialog box . a part i t i on Choose sthene : 11-11-11-11 15- 15-7-7 17-17-5-5...

  • Page 139: Extending The System Wide Folder Limit

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual D isplay a directory of the HDX folder. Follow these steps to erase the contents of a logical drive. Zero Select HDX.PRG. Then select the option from the Disk men u . Read t h e alert box t h a t appears on screen. Select t o continue.

  • Page 140: Marking Bad Sectors

    Once these spots have been logged w ith Markbad, they w i l l not b e used for your hard disk operations. The Atari Advanced Hard Disk Utilit ies disk includes two versions of M arkbad. One version is run automatically during the H DX Format option. This version operates on the ent i re selected physical unit and erases all data on the disk during formatti n g .
  • Page 141 Falcon030 Owner's Manual S e l ect l o g i c a l d r i ve �< � CANCEL Figure B .4 : The Select Logical Drive D ialog Box Select OK to continue. While Markbad scans the logical dri v e for bad sectors, a message appears tel l i ng you that the program i s mark i ng bad sectors.

  • Page 142: Organizing And Maintaining Your Hard Disk

    Appendixes Delete D i rectory O n l y Select to d e l et e the d i rectory structure and save the deleted d irectory files to the root directory. All files saved to the root d i rectory will be TM Pnnnn nnnn named...

  • Page 143: Backing Up The Hard Disk

    Use one of the many hard disk opti m i zer programs avai lable through your Atari dealer or Atari user groups ( see Customer Support).
  • Page 144 Appendixes There are four slots on your hard disk that keep track of partition information. You can fil l each slot with a standard partition, and have each partition represented on your desktop by a logical drive. Or you can fill one of the four slots w it h an extended partition to obtain more than four logical drives.

  • Page 145: Other Advanced Hard Disk Utilities Disk Files

    Falcon030 Owner's Manual All four slots of the Extended Partition Range box contain partition information. The first slot contains partition one. The second slot contains the extended partition, which i s subdivided as parti tions two through eight. The partitions included i n the extended partition are al ways high l i ghted.

  • Page 146: Troubleshooting And Maintenance, C- L

    Appendixes Troubleshooting and Maintenance Trou bleshooti ng I f you run i nto problems while operati n g your computer, don 't pani c . You can probably fix i t yourself. This section describes some common problems and suggests solutions. Note : The most common and easily fixed problem is failure to switch on the power to the computer.

  • Page 147: No Desktop

    To bypass the desk accessory, warm boot the system ( i .e . , press [ Control] [ Al t ] [ Delete ) ) then hold down [Contro l ] for a few seconds after the Atari logo appears on the screen.

  • Page 148: Bombs

    Appendixes You may find that some older programs (especially games) do not run properly with the Cache option turned on. If you think this may be the problem, make sure the Cache option is off before running the program. Bombs Sometimes applications develop errors that are potentially damaging to the computer's operating system.

  • Page 149: Optional Internal Hard Disk

    Fafcon030 Manual Owner's Optional I nternal I D E Hard D is k I f your system contains a n I D E hard disk, the hard disk will require a different formatting and partitioning procedure. The internal hard disk i s already prepared for you and should be accessible immediately after starting the system.
  • Page 150 Appendixes Problem Suggested Solution Run the hard disk driver The system will not start from the hard d isk. instal lation program ( H I NSTALL.PRG.) If the problem continues, the hard d isk should be backed up and reformatted . (See I nternal I D E Hard Disk i n this Chapter .

  • Page 151: Error Messages

    E rro r Messages I f a n error message appears while you run one o f the Atari programs from the Atari Advanced Hard Disk Util ities disk , the problem i s usually something eas i l y remedied.
  • Page 152 Appendixes Error Message Programl Suggested Solution Option You r root d i rectory Cannot create driver H I NSTALL may be file at full. destination ! You need to delete [OK] data to make room for the driver file .Or, you r root di rectory may be corrupted .
  • Page 153 Fafcon030 Owner's Manual Program/ Suggested Solution Error Message Option Can not open drive H I N STALL Make s u re the source file! I nstall S H D R IV E R . RAW file is on the disk with H I NSTALL.
  • Page 154 Appendixes Error Message Program/ Suggested Solution Option Cannot read Root See message. Directory entries from the Markbad logical drive ! Try backi ng up the disk and reformatting. [OK] Cannot read Root Sector See message. Partition from the disk ! Try backing up the disk and H I N STALL I nsta l l...
  • Page 155 Fafcon030 Owner's Manual Program/ Error Message Suggested Solution Option Cannot write Boot Sector H DX See message. to the logical drive ! Try Zero backing up the disk and I nstall reformatting [OK] Can not write driver file to H I NSTALL H I NSTALL cannot destinatio n ! I nstall...
  • Page 156 The H D X . RSC file is [OK] either missing o r damaged . Copy the HDX. RSC file from the original Atari Advanced Hard Disk Util ities disk onto your working copy of the disk. H D X...
  • Page 157 Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Error Message Program/ Suggested Solution Option H D X Selected partition scheme See message. Partition is for a bigger capacity u n it. Please select another one. [OK] See message. Too many bad sectors to M arkbad record .

  • Page 158: Preventive Maintenance

    Cari ng for the Mouse Your Atari mouse i s designed to l ast through years of use as long as i t ' s handled properly. Follow these guide l ines for mouse care: Don ' t drop the mouse.

  • Page 159: A Final Note

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual C lean i ng the Mouse You ' l l need to clean the mouse periodical ly to ensure its proper operation. Fol low the steps below: Turn the mouse upside down i n your hand w ith its tail pointi ng toward you. Place two fingers on the arrows on e ither s ide of the rol ler opening on the bottom of the mouse .
  • Page 160 I f you experience problems that appear serious, take the computer (or any other component) to an authorized Atari service center. For the location of the nearest Atari service center, contact your Atari dealer or Atari Customer Support. ( See...

  • Page 162: Falcon030 Specifications, D-L

    1 9.2K baud fax/data modems, voice-mail systems, direct-to-disk digital audio recorders, JPEG/MPEG i m age compression, etc. Expansion Bus Internal direct processor slot for 386SX PC • emulation, DMA coprocessors, etc . Optional processor socket for other coprocessors • Faicon030 Specifications...
  • Page 163 M I DI IN / MIDI OUT • S tereo m icrophone input: m iniature stereo plug • S tereo audio out: miniature stereo plug • Two 9-pin joystick connectors • Two I S-pin enhanced digital/analog controller and • light pen connectors Faicon030 Specifications...

  • Page 164: User Interface

    Icon-based graphical user i nterface with self- • explanatory command functions On-line help • operating system i n ROM • Multiple w indow user interface with icons and • drop-down menus New Desk desktop and eXtensible Control panel • allows customization by llser Faicon030 Specifications...

  • Page 166: Connector Specifications, E-L

    Appendixes Connector Specifications DSP Con n ector • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 826 Female SCS I Con nector SCSI I I Female Signal Signal...

  • Page 167: Serial Port

    Fa/con030 Owner's Manual Serial Port • • • • • • • • • DB9 Male Signal Carrier Detect Receive Transmit Data Termi nal Ready G N D Data set ready Request to Send Clear to Send Ring I ndicator Connector Specifications...

  • Page 168: Parallel Port

    Appendixes Parallel Port • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0825 Female Signal Strobe Data 0 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4 Data 5 Data 6...

  • Page 169: Monitor Connector

    Faicon030 Owner's Manual Mon itor Con nector 1 0 \. • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • 0 8 1 9 Male Signal Signal G N D Composite SynclVideo...

  • Page 170: Scc Connector, E-S

    Appendixes SCC Connector a-pin Mini DIN Female RS - 422 Signal Handshake Output (DTR RS 423) Handshake I nput or External Clock - Transmit Data G N D - Received Data Transm itted Data General-pu rpose I n put Receive Connector Specifications...

  • Page 171: Enhanced Joystick

    Falcon030 Owner's Manual E n hanced Joystick �o • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 081 5 Male Port A Port 8 Signal Signal UP 1 UP 0 DOWN 1 DOWN 0 LT 1 LT 0 RT 1...

  • Page 172: Midi Port

    Appendixes M I D I Port DIN 5 Female M I D I M I D I Signal Signal Not Con nected Thru Transmit G N D Not Con nected Thru Loop Return Not Con nected Out Transmit In Receive Out Loop Return In Loop Return Connector Specifications E-7...

  • Page 174: Customer Support, F- L

    Write to Customer Relations at an address l isted below. Atari user groups also provide outstanding assistance. To receive a l i st of Atari user groups in your area, send a sel f-addressed, stamped envelope to an address below.

  • Page 176: Glossary

    .ACC The desk accessory extension . ACSI Atari Computer S ystem I n terface. ACSI is a hardware and software control procedure used to connect dev ices to the computer's Hard Disk port ( DMA channe l ) . active w i ndow The w i ndow on G E M D e s ktop that i s curre n t l y a v a i l ab l e for desktop operations such as selecting, copyi ng, mov i ng, and deleting i tems.
  • Page 177 For example, the letter )\''Is stored i n memory as one byte. ( See bit and kilobyte . ) cache A special coprocessing c irc u i t found i n m o s t Atari T O S comp uters t hat greatly improves the speed operations. C D - R O M drive A computer-contro l l e d de v ice that reads h i gh-capac i t y optical discs and sends the output to the computer.
  • Page 178 Glossary coldstart B ooting the computer by sw itch i ng the power off and on or p re s s i ng [Control ] [ Al t ] [ Right Shift ] [ Delete ] . A coldstart can be initiated while the computer is runni ng by switching off the power for seconds, then switching it back on.
  • Page 179 Faicon030 Owner's Manual desktop The main screen for the computer. It incl udes (but is not l i m i ted to) the menu bar, two disk icons, and the trash icon. desti nation disk The disk that information i s written to during a copy procedure.
  • Page 180 Glossary double-sided Allowing use of both s ides of a disk. A double-sided disk has both sides of i ts magnetic media certified as safe for storing data. A double-sided ( high­ density) disk can store up to 1 ,45 8 , 1 76 bytes of data. A double-sided disk drive can read, write to, and format both s ingle- and double-sided disks.
  • Page 181 Falcon030 Owner's Manual f l o p p y d i s k A m a g n e t i c m e d i u m u se d to store i n fo rm a t i on g e n e rated o n a computer.
  • Page 182 A high-speed, high-resol ution printer that electrophotograph ical l y produces an i mage on paper. The Atari S L M804 i s a laser printer. mega byte 1 ,024 k i l obytes of data. The abbre v i at i on for megabyte i s M B . ( See kilobyte .
  • Page 183 MS-DOS M icrosoft Disk Operati n g System. An operating system used with I B M PCs and compatibles. Floppy disks formatted o n your Atari computer are compatible with PC systems using MS-DOS and 3--inch floppy drives. Mu ltiTOS Atari ' s multitasking operating system.
  • Page 184 Glossary parallel port An i n terface which accepts the s i m ul taneous transmissi on of more than one bit. ( See serial port . ) parameter Data given t o a program that controls i ts operation. path name The l i st of i tems that specifies the path through the subdirectories on the disk to the current directory.
  • Page 185 The combi nations of different i n tensities each o f red, green, and blue enable you to create thousands of colors w ith most Atari TOS computers. The part of the computer ' s memory contain i ng the operati n g system. ROM never changes, and retains its i n formation with or without power to the computer.
  • Page 186 Glossary single-sided Allowing use of one side only of a floppy disk. A s ingle-sided disk has only one side of its magnetic media certified as safe for storing data. A single­ s ided disk can store up to 357,376 bytes of data. A single-sided disk drive can read, write to, and format only single-sided disks, or double-sided disks that have been formatted as single-sided.

  • Page 187: Index

    4-2 1 and label 4- 1 6 Assigning boot status to an Close button 3-8 appl ication 4-2 1 - 4-22 Close Directory command 4-7 Atari SLM laser printer 4-39 Close Top W indow command 4-7 Index...
  • Page 188 Falcon 030 Owner's Manual video d i s p l ay A dev ice conta i n i n g a v ideo screen that you and your computer use to communicate. warmstart (warm-boot) Rebooting the computer by pressing the Reset button on the back of the computer or pressing [ Control ] [Alt ] [Delete ] .
  • Page 189 Falcon030 Owner's Manual Color display 4-4 1 - 4-42 Copying folders 5- 1 1 - 5 - 1 2 true color 4-42 4-28, 4-34 Color p rinting 4-39 Accelerator 4-45 - 4-46 Color set Color Setup 4-4 1 - 4-42 custom 4-44 Configure CPXs 4-44 preassigned 4-44...
  • Page 190 Index Desktop Configuration command 4-25 - 4-26 Features - 1 -2 Desktop Info 4-2 I - I Directories 5 - 1 - 5-2, 5-5 - 5-6 File management 5 - 1 1 root 5 - 1 Fi le mask 3-8, 5 - 1 selecting File menu 4-3 updating...
  • Page 191 Fa/con030 Owner ' s Manual write protecti ng 2-9 bad sectors 8 - 1 3 - 8 - 1 6 Flow control 4-38 extended partition schemes 8 - 1 7 - Folder management 5- 1 1 8 - 1 9 formatting 8-5 - B - 7 Folders 5- 1 - 5-2, 5 - 1 I - 5- 1 5 copying 5- 1...
  • Page 192 Index I nstall App l ication command 4- 1 7 I nstall Dev ices command 4-22 - 4-23 Install Icon command 4- 1 3 - 4- 1 6 Megabyte 2- 1 changing icon identifier Memory 2- 1 and l abel 4- 1 6 RAM 2-2, 4-32 Desktop icon 4- 1 3 ROM 2- 1 - 2-3...
  • Page 193 Falcon030 Owner's Manual Mov i ng a CPX 4-30 - 4-3 1 Install Application option 4- 1 7 Moving a w i ndow 3- 1 2 Install Devices option 4-22 - 4-23 Moving files 5 - 1 3 - 5 - 1 4 Install Icon option 4- 1 3 - 4- 1 5 Moving folders 5 - 1 3 - 5 - 1 4...
  • Page 194 Index printer type 4-40 quality 4-40 Selecting Program fi le 5 - 1 default directory 4-20 directory 5-8 disk drive 5-9 file 5-8 icon 3-3 Qual ity of pri nt 4-40 items w i th shift-click 3-5 Quick Reference A- I multiple icons 3 -4 parameter 4-20 with rubber band box...
  • Page 195 Falcon030 Owner's Manual Bytes used 4-4 Disk Label 4-4 Drive I D 4-4 Number of Files 4-4, 4-5 U pdating a directory 5 - 1 5 4- 1 6 Number of Folders 4-4, 4-5 Using a printer icon Show/print dialog box 5- 1 0 - 5 - 1 1 S ingle-cl icking 3-3 S i ze to Fit command 4- 1 1...

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