Read .Inf File - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

Fa/con030 Owner ' s Manual
The Set Preferences dialog box offers a ful l range of screen-color options for
several types of mon itors. U s i ng the Set Preferences Dial og box al l ows you to
choose a m u l t i tude of screen-colors and resolutions. Proper use of the settings
described below w i l l a l l ow you to get the best d i sp l ay on your monitor.
N u m be r of C o l o rs Le t s you c h oose between severa l d i ffere n t screen - c o l o r
options. W h e n choosing a setting remember that t h e screen takes longer to redraw
when it d i sp lays more screen-colors.
N u m ber of Col u m n s A l l ow s you to set the w idth of the screen d i s p l ay to 40 or
80 characters.
D o u b l e li nes/ I nterlace D i s p l ay s more l i ne s on some d i s p lays and prov ides
interlace on others.
Compat i b i l ity Modes Al l o w s you to cal l up another d i a log box w h i c h a l l o w s
y o u t o select from a l i st of several d i fferent screen resolutions and other options.
Read . I N F File
You can have more than one desktop information file o n your system, each
contai n i ng d i fferent i n format ion ( such as installed desktop icons and their
placement, and a l l View and Options menu options). The Read . I NF Fi le
command a l l ow s you to change to a different desktop env i ronment w ithout
having to transfer files or reboot .
T h e default N EWDES K . I N F fi l e i s i n t h e root d i rectory drive C . Y o u can name
the alternate desktop i n formation fi l e s anyth ing you l i ke, but the three character
extension must be . 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 .
4-24 A Gu ided Tour of the Desktop