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How the Amiga Works
The Amiga 500 is
a
windowliconlmouselmenulpointer type
system
.
In
general
terms
,
this means that
you
use the mouse to move
a
pointer
(shaped
like
a small
arrow)
around
the display
screen
to point to icons
(i
.e.,
small
pictures) that
identify
some
item
or
function that
you want
to
select.
In
some cases the
selection
involves the display
of a
menu
(a
list
of options), from
which
you can
choose
the
appropriate
item. The display
and selection
process may
also
involve
one or
more
windows (i .e .,
discrete
areas of
the display that
can accept or
display
information).
In
working with
the
Amiga
,
you will often
be using
a software
tool
known
as
the Workbench,
which
incorporates menus
and
windows
and other
Amiga
items
as well
.
For more details
on
how the
Amiga
icon-driven
system
works
,
see Chapters 3
,
4, 5 and 6.
If
you
don't
want
to use the Workbench
system of
menus
and
icons,
you can
communicate
directly to the AmigaDOS via the keyboard using the
eLl
(Com-
mands Line Interface)
,
which
is described in Chapter 7.
1-4
Introducing the Amiga 500
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