Spectre GCR Manual Manuals - Atari Documentation Archive

lect all the disk icons and drag them to the Trash (This
does not throw away the data on the disks!). The disk
will likely whirr a bit (this is the final update being
done). Then a blinking II A ll or IIBII will appear at the
top of the screen. This is the Mac asking you to eject
the disk, since the ST does not have an automatic eject
mechanism.
.. Now, you've got the disk ejected okay. It's safe to
Getting It Going
power off. Or, you can press Shift-UNDO to restart
into Mac mode, or Shift-HELP to reboot into ST mode.
Whatever.
You must make the Mac ask you to eject the disk before powering
off. On the Mac, the computer controls disk eject. On the ST, you do.
On the Mac, the computer puts off updating the disk until just before it
ejects it, because it knows the disk is there until it specifically ejects it,
right? So you must force the Mac to lI[ject" the disk, and wait until
the Mac writes its stuff to the disk, then tells you it's okay for you to
physically eject it.
Mac.
In other words, you need to play disk eject mechanism for the
One of Apple's System/Finder versions has a bug where it ignores
you telling it to Eject the disk. This is Finder 5.3. (Look on the About
the Finder selection under Desk Accessories (the . menu) to get the
version #.) If you have this version, you can only eject disks by clicking
on the disk icon, then II dragging" it to the trashcan. Again, don't
worry; this doesn't throw your data away! It just ejects the disk and
removes the icon from the desktop. Only Finder 5.3 requires this, and
yes, it's annoyed a whole lot of users who are used to doing it differ­
ently.
Well, there you have it, a quick test drive of your cartridge. It's
working fine. You might as well go ahead and button up the case. On
the Spectre 128, it's up to you if you leave the lid on in the lIeasy to
remove" way or align the pegs up, in which case it'll take a lot to open
it up again. The GCR has a special, unique, custom designed (by Cathy
Sloatman at Practical Solutions) snap-apart case so - no worries.
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