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Mac Mode
you don't have to mount any of the drives when you're in Mac mode;
you can leave all or some unmounted.
As far as the Spectre is concerned, Hard Disk ejects are treated the
same as floppies, except that you don't get told to remove them with a
flashing "C" or "0", or whatever, after you throw the icon in the trash.
The Mac doesn't insist on seeing the platter taken out! It realizes even a
disk eject slave has limitations.
Enough about disks already! Let's talk about something else for a
change.
Those Funny Mac Keys
Check out a Mac keyboard sometime. It's got letters and
numbers, arranged the usual ways. But it has some strange keys, too.
ij C aps Lock)] CapsLoclc: First, the Mac has a CAPS LOCK key.
The Mac's CAPS LOCK physically locks down the
first time you press it; the second time you press it, it
unlocks. (This is a lot like many typewriter CAPS LOCK keys). Of
course, the ST hasn't got a lock-down CAPS LOCK, so use it like you
would in ST mode - press once to CAPS LOCK, press again to de­
CAPS LOCK.
[[Enter] Enter: Next, the Mac has an ENTER key. On the ST,
you can find this key on the right side of the numeric
keypad, on the far right of the keyboard. Contrary to
popular belief, this is NOT the same as the RETURN key, particularly
to Macintosh applications.
Next, we get the two most confusing keys.
trw] Command: On the Mac, there's a key called "Command".
It's the one with a cloverleaf symbol on top of it (it doesn't say
"Command"). You usc the Command key a lot for shortcuts
on the Mac - for instance, Command-E ( pressing E while holding
down COMMAND) ejects a disk. Command-X is always "Cut to
Clipboard"; Command-V is always "Paste from Clipboard". There's
many more "keyboard shortcu ts"; check your program manual for
more details.
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