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Startup V2.0
Written By: Weston Fryatt
& Paul Davis
For
Acropolis Development
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Legal Junk!
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This program is ourware meaning that we wrote it and if you find it useful
then any small donation would be greatly appreciated and would help along
the further development of amiga utility's. This program is copyrighted
by Acropolis Development, although this is a public domain utility you may
NOT sell or charge any money for the use of it, we ask that if you upload
it to a system that you leave all the notices and docs intact.
We write programs like this because we think the Amiga is simply the best
computer on the market today and we want to further the enjoyment of this
great machine and make life for every Amiga owner a little easier.
It is a shame those who try to wreck it for everyone else, if we all
cooperate then the Amiga will REALLY prosper.
Startup
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Startup allows use of different batch files so that you can have your own
choice of custom startups for different situations for instance say you
want to call BBS'S and see what's new in the download bases, now a VD0: is
perfect for this type of situation, No disk errors to slow things down and
instant deletion of wierd or junk programs (considering you have the
memory). So instead of mounting VD0: and then load in a term let a batch
file do the work for you like setting the pathnames and mounting everything
for you, all the Amiga DOS commands will work so there is no limit to what
you can achieve. Startup will place itself in the center of your screen and
allow you a set amount of time to select the number of the startup you wish
by pressing the numbers 0-9 respectfully. You may use the keypad or the
keyboard numbers or you can select the startup you want by pointing and
clicking the mouse. You can abort startup and return to the CLI by pressing
esc or pressing the menu bar. Also if you need more time just click on the
digital clock at the bottom of the requestor and it will reset back to the
time it was origanally set at.
Startup V2.0
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We have added quite a few new features to this version of startup and
took hard drive owners into consideration this time. Here is a list of the
new features....
Up to 10 Different Startup Sequences
Each Different Startup can have a Title up to 25 Characters
By clicking on the Countdown Timer it now Resets
You can now Escape by pressing the menu button Or hitting ESC
We also redesigned the Startup requester and it is much easier to read
than before and there are no bugs found in two months of constant use.
Setting It Up
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Startup is called from the startup-sequence in the S: directory, You can
place the startup program in either the S: or C: directory just make sure
you call it with the proper pathname from the startup-sequence, the batch
files that startup looks for MUST be in the s: directory and are all called
with the same first name and the the startup number. (so startup number 0
would be named startup.0)
The parameters for startup are as follows
S:Startup (Timer [5-99]) (startups [1-10]) (execute command name [i.e. EX])
The timer must be at least 5 seconds so you can make some kind of choice
and will default to 5 if you go over or under the limits, startups start
at number 0 so you will be going from 0-9 instead of 1-10, the reason
is simple try to type a ten when you only have one second left, also the
program will default to startup.0 if no number is selected in the alotted
time period. Execute name is simply for people who rename their Execute
command to Ex or X or whatever.
Here is what my startup-sequence looks like.....
S:Startup 6 7
;0:VD0: W/C Dir Loaded In.
;1:Standard Workbench
;2:VD0: C Dir / Cd Df1:
;3:Clean Mem. Demos!!
;4:Setup For Letters. Df1:
;5:Access Term W/Vd0:
;6:Manx Compiler Setup.
The different startup descriptions are noted in the following manner
;0:startupname
where ; is the identifier next comes the number of the startup (0-9)
and then the second identifier ( : ) then the file description, remember
that the file description can be no longer than 25 characters or your
last letters over that will be cut off! So, make sure you count your titles.
If a selection has no name the program will use the default name, remember
that each startup is simply a batch file and the only limit is your
imagination and Amiga Dos.
If you have questions about the program or find bugs we can be reached at
the address below or by sending mail on Genie or Plink. Source code can be
obtained by sending a self addressed disk mailer (with disk) to the address
below, if you have no disk please include two dollars and we will provide
one for you.
Acropolis Development
P.O. Box 81134
Bakersfield Ca
93380
On Plink Send Mail To A-D
Or On Genie Send Mail To W.Fryatt1
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