Spectre GCR Manual Manuals - Atari Documentation Archive

Getting It Going
Auto-Running Spectre
You can set up the SPECTRE.PRG program to run automatically,
without stopping at the ST desktop. To auto-run Spectre:
• Copy the contents of the Spectre Program disk to
where you want them on your hard disk, or if you
want to autorun from floppy, onto a floppy disk.
• Run the SPECTRE.PRG and use the Spectre Menu
page to select the configuration you want, and use
"Save Settings" to save the configuration. This will
create a file called SPECTRE.CNF, or replace any existing
SPECTRE.CNF file in that directory.
• Copy the LAUNCH.PRG and new SPECTRE.CNF file
into your AUTO folder. If you don't have a folder
named AUTO, just make one.
Now, you will launch automatically into the Spectre program
when you boot your ST. To start into Mac mode, just press RETURN.
(Y ou can press RETURN before you get to the Spectre menu page - the
ST should remember the keypress.)
If you want to run as an ST, just press either "SHIFT" key while
you are booting. This will abort the autorun, and take you to the ST
desktop instead.
If you ever change the location of your SPECTRE.PRG program,
you will need to make a new SPECTRE.CNF file and copy it into your
AUTO folder.
From here, the manual will continue on to tell you things about
running in Mac mode. Until you're experienced a bit more in Mac
operations, some of it won't make sense (for instance, until you know
what a Command key is, you won't know why we made the ST's
Control key be the Command key, or what it does.)
Then, the manual will talk about the many options available from
the Spectre's startup menu, and how you can customize it to be the
Mac you want the most. Thus, it's clearly time for an Interlude!
EDITOR: Yeah!
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