Commodore Amiga 500 Manuals

Commodore Amiga 500 Manuals

Manuals and User Guides for Commodore Amiga 500. We have 2 Commodore Amiga 500 manuals available for free PDF download: User Manual, Technical Manual

Commodore Amiga 500 User Manual

Commodore Amiga 500 User Manual (301 pages)

Brand: Commodore | Category: Desktop | Size: 55 MB

Table of Contents

Copyright
5
About this Manual
7
For more Information
8
Table of Contents
9
Software
9
Product View
12
Chapter 1 Introducing the Amiga 500

13
- RAM Disk
  14
- How the Amiga Works
  16
- Key Features of the Amiga 500
  17
  - Digitized Stereo Audio
    17
  - Multitasking-Running Several Programs at the same Time
    17
- Resolution, Screen
  17
  - Direct Text-To-Speech Conversion
    18
  - Standard File Format for Easy Interchange of Data Among Programs
    18
  - Graphics, Windows, and Sound Support for Standard Languages
    18
  - Multiple Disk Type Capability
    19
  - Internal Memory Expansion
    19
  - Addition of External
    19
  - MIDI Interface
    19
  - Amiga 500 Software
    20
  - Productivity
    20
  - Graphics and Art
    21
  - Education
    22
- Amiga
  23
  - Music and Sound
    24
  - Telecommunications, Languages and more
    24
  - Setting up the Amiga 500
    27
  - Where to Find the Connectors
    27
  - Introduction
    13
Chapter 2 Setting up the Amiga

27
- Whe Re to Find Th E Conn Ectors
  27
- RGB Connector
  27
- Before You Start
  28
- Attaching the Mouse
  29
- Attaching the Video Monitor
  30
- Connecting Audio Equipment
  33
  - Connecting the Amiga to a Stereo System
    34
  - Sound Connections for Monitors
    34
- Plugging It in
  36
Chapter 3 Getting Started

39
- A Note about the Mouse
  39
- Using Disks
  40
- A Word of Warning
  42
- Moving the Pointer
  44
- Selecting Icons
  46
- Dragging
  48
- Selection Button
  48
- Using Menus
  48
- Commands and Options
  51
- Duplicating Your Disks Using a Menu
  52
- Resetting the Amiga
  54
- What Is the Workbench?
  57
Chapter 4 Using the Workbench

57
- Icons
  58
- What's on the Workbench?
  58
- Windows
  58
- Creating a Project
  59
- Screens
  59
- Operations Involving Tools and Projects
  63
- Operations Involving Drawers
  67
  - Moving Tools, Projects, and Drawers
    68
  - Discarding Drawers
    69
  - Duplicating Drawers
    69
- Renaming Drawers
  69
- Operations Involving Windows
  70
  - Special Drawers: Disks and the Trashcan
    70
  - Using Gadgets
    71
  - Dragging Windows
    72
  - Sizing Windows
    73
  - Moving Windows in Front of Other Windows
    74
  - Pushing Windows Behind Other Windows
    75
  - Scrolling the Contents of a Window
    75
  - Closing Windows
    79
  - Disk Gauges
    79
- Operations Involving Screens
  80
- Operati Ons Involving Requ Este Rs
  84
- The Memory Meter
  84
- String Gadgets
  85
  - Copying Disks
    86
  - Duplicating Disks
    86
  - Initializing Disks
    86
- Operations Involving Disks
  86
  - Expansion Drawer
    87
  - Moving a Tool, Project, or Drawer to a New Disk
    87
  - RAM Disk
    87
- Renaming Disks
  87
- Cleanup
  88
- Other Workbench Operations
  88
- Resetting the Workbench
  88
  - Last Error
    89
  - Redraw
    89
  - Snapshot
    89
  - Version
    89
  - Mouse Tricks
    90
- The Clock
  93
Chapter 5 Workbench Tools

93
- Setting the Time
  94
- Opening the Clock
  94
- Changing the Clock from Analog to Digital
  95
- Changing the Size and Position of the Clock
  96
- Changing from a 12- to a 24-Hour Clock
  96
- Displaying the Seconds
  97
- Setting the Alarm
  97
- Menu
  98
  - Closing the Clock
    99
  - Opening the Notepad
    99
  - Entering Text
    100
  - Moving the Text Cursor
    101
  - Tabbing
    101
  - Changing the Size of the Notepad Window
    102
  - Moving through the Text
    102
  - Moving from Page to Page
    103
  - New and Open
    103
  - The Notepad Menus
    103
  - The Project Menu
    103
  - Save
    104
  - Print
    105
  - Save as
    105
  - Print as
    106
  - Cancel and Cut
    107
  - Quit
    107
  - Read Fonts
    107
  - The Edit Menu
    107
  - Copy
    108
  - Paste
    108
  - Find
    109
  - Mark Place
    109
  - Find Next
    110
  - Find Prev
    111
  - Replace
    111
  - The Font Menu
    112
  - Description of
    114
    
    Paper Color
    114
    
    The Format Menu
    114
    
    The Style Menu
    114
    
    Global Font
    115
    
    Pen Color
    115
    
    Word Wrap
    115
    
    Menu Shortcuts
    116
    
    Remove Font
    116
    
    Remove Styles
    116
    
    Changing the Notepad Default Values
    117
    
    Connecting the Notepad Window Default Position
    117
    
    Changing the Notepad Default Font
    118
    
    Changing the Default Font of a Note
    119
    
    Changing the Default Print Type
    119
    
    Changing the Default to Form-Feed
    119
    
    Specifying the Global Font Default
    119
    
    Opening the Calculator
    120
    
    Turning off the Word Wrap Default
    120
    
    The Calculator Keys
    121
    
    Closing the Calculator
    122
    
    Opening the Icon Editor
    123
    
    Loading an Icon
    124
  - Icon Editor
    125
    
    Changing an Icon
    126
    
    Selecting Additional Icons
    126
    
    Changing an Icon's Colors
    127
    
    Filling Areas
    127
    
    Adding Text to an Icon
    128
    
    Using the Undo Feature
    131
    
    Working with Frames
    131
    
    Copying a Frame
    132
    
    Moving the Image Within a Frame
    132
    
    Exchanging Frames
    133
    
    Merging Frames
    134
    
    Highlighting an Icon
    135
    
    Specifying the Border Width
    135
    
    Saving an Icon
    136
    
    Stopping the Icon Editor
    139
  - The Say Speech Synthesizer
    139
  - Graphic Dump
    140
  - Setmap
    141
    
    Setmap Code
    142
    
    Nofastmem
    143
    
    Using Preferences
    145
Chapter 6 Using Preferences

145
- Using the Preferences Tool
  146
  - Date and Time
    147
  - Key Repeat Speed
    147
  - Key Repeat Delay
    148
  - Mouse Speed
    148
  - Double-Click Delay
    148
  - Text Size
    148
  - Cli
    149
  - Display Centering
    149
  - The Serial Settings Are
    149
  - Workbench Colors
    150
  - Interlace
    151
  - The Pointer Editing Window
    152
  - Changing the Colors
    152
  - Changing the Pointer
    153
  - Changing the Point
    154
  - In this Screen, You Can Select
    155
- (Printer Setting)
  155
  - Selecting this Gadget Opens the Printer Graphics
    157
  - Getting Back Preferences
    158
- Using and Saving Preferences
  158
  - Amigados and the CLI
    161
  - Accessing CLI
    161
Chapter 7 Amigados and the CLI

162
- Amigados Command
  163
  - Commonly Used CLI Commands
    163
  - The Commands Summarized in this Chapter Can be Used to Perform the Following Tasks
    164
  - Copying a Disk
    165
  - Command
    166
    
    Formatting a Disk
    166
    
    Looking at a Directory
    167
    
    Relabeling a Disk
    167
    
    Using the List Command
    169
    
    Getting Information about the File System
    170
    
    Changing the Directory
    171
  - Root Directory
    171
    
    Setting the Date and Time
    172
    
    Redirecting the Output of a Command
    173
    
    Typing a Textfile to the Screen
    175
    
    Changing the Name of a File
    176
    
    Copying Files
    177
    
    Deleting Files
    177
    
    Creating a New Directory
    179
    
    Is My File Somewhere on this Disk?
    179
    
    Using the RAM Disk
    181
    
    Changing the Startup-Sequence
    182
    
    Setting the A501 Real Time Clock
    183
    
    Creating a New CLI Window
    184
    
    Closing a CLI
    186
  - Closing Comments
    186
  - Precautions for Peripherals
    189
Chapter 8 Adding to the Amiga

189
- Adding Memory to the Amiga
  190
- Adding a Disk Drive to the Amiga
  190
- Printers for the Amiga
  192
- Adding a Modem
  194
- Other Peripherals
  195
- Amiga Precautions
  197
Chapter 9 Caring for the Amiga

197
- Taking Care of Disks
  198
- Cleaning the Mouse
  199
- Radio and Television Interference
  201
- Technical Reference
  203
- Specifications for the Amiga
  203
  - Amiga Specifications
    204
  - Input/Output Connectors
    205
  - Serial Connector
    206
  - ASOO Parallel Connector
    207
  - RGB Monitor Connector
    208
  - Mouse/Game Controller Connectors
    209
  - Connectors 1 and 2: Mouse Connections
    209
  - Connectors 1 and 2: Game Controller
    210
  - Connector 2: Light Pen Connection
    210
  - External Disk Connector
    211
  - 86-Pin Connector
    212
  - A500 Block Diagram
    213
  - Theory of Operation
    214
  - 68000 Microprocessor
    214
  - Rom
    215
  - Parallel I/O
    215
  - Clocks Generator
    215
  - The 3 Custom Chips
    216
  - Bus Control, Address/Data MUX, Address Driver
    216
  - Display RAM
    217
  - Custom Control Chips
    217
  - Custom Animation Chip
    218
  - Fat Agnus
    218
  - Features
    218
  - Fat Agnus Block Diagram
    219
  - Custom Graphics Chip
    220
  - Denise
    220
- RGB Monitor
  220
  - Denise Block Diagram
    221
  - Custom Sound/Peripherals Chip
    222
  - Paula
    222
  - Paula Block Diagram
    224
  - Custom Control Chip
    225
  - Gary
    225
  - Gary Block Diagram
    226
  - Amiga 500 Memory Map
    227
- Real Time Clock
  227
  - Amigados Information
    229
  - Amigados User's Commands
    229
  - ED Screen Editor Commands
    231
  - Special Key Mappings
    231
  - Immediate Commands
    231
  - Extended Commands
    232
  - Amigados Error Messages
    233
  - Using the Amiga Keyboard
    237
  - Layout of the Keyboard
    237
  - The Typewriter Area
    239
  - Return
    239
  - Backspace
    239
  - Del
    239
  - Caps Lock
    240
  - Shift Keys
    240
  - ALT Keys
    240
  - The Commodore Key
    241
  - The Cursor Keypad
    241
  - The Numeric Keypad
    241
  - The Function Keys
    241
  - Using the Amiga Without a Mouse
    242
  - Moving the Pointer Without a Mouse
    242
  - Selecting Without a Mouse
    242
  - Using Menus Without a Mouse
    243
  - International Key Maps
    243
  - Standard U.S. Keyboard (USA)
    244
  - Danish Keyboard (Dk)
    245
  - German Keyboard (D)
    246
  - Characters on the Front Side of Keytops
    247
  - Spanish Keyboard (E)
    248
  - French Keyboard (F)
    250
  - British Keyboard (Gb)
    252
  - Icelandic Keyboard (Is)
    253
  - Italian Keyboard (I)
    254
  - Swiss Keyboard (Ch)
    256
  - Swedish/Finnish Keyboard (S)
    257
  - Norwegian Keyboard (N)
    258
  - Printer Escape Codes
    259
  - Printer Escape Sequences
    259
  - ANSI X3.64 Style Commands
    260
  - Amiga Bibliography
    263
  - Introductory Level
    264
  - Advanced Books
    264
  - Amiga 500 Schematics
    265
  - Paula Power
    269
  - Audio Power
    269
  - External Floppy
    272
  - Internal Floppy
    272
  - Master Clock
    273
  - Expansion
    273
  - Power Input
    274
  - Floppy Power
    274
  - Spares
    274
  - Glossary
    277
- Extended Selection
  280
- RGB Monitors
  285
- Scroll Arrow
  286
- Scroll Bar
  286
- Scroll Box
  286
- Selected Window
  286
- Index
  291

Advertisement

Commodore Amiga 500 Technical Manual

Commodore Amiga 500 Technical Manual (50 pages)

Brand: Commodore | Category: Desktop | Size: 13 MB

Table of Contents

Advertisement

Related Products

Commodore Categories

Desktop

Monitor

Monitor Floppy Disk Drive

Printer

Printer Calculator

More Commodore Manuals