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WBStartup Drawer

The WBStartup drawer is provided to hold icons for programs that you want opened at the time the Workbench is started. For example, you may want the Clock program running when you reboot or power on your Amiga. Drag the icon for each desired program into the WBStartup window. The WBStartup drawer is empty by default.

Tool Types

Programs in the WBStartup drawer can include the following Tool Types:

DONOTWAIT

Normally the Workbench waits for one program to finish before it opens the next. DONOTWAIT overrides this, which can cause unwanted requesters after booting. DONOTWAIT does not take an argument.

WAIT=<seconds>

Specifies how many seconds the Workbench should wait before opening the next icon in the WBStartup drawer.

STARTPRI=<priority>

Assigns a priority to an icon so that it opens before or after other icons. By default, all icons have a priority of 0. The acceptable range is from -128 to +127; the higher the value, the higher the program's priority.

Expansion Drawer

The Expansion drawer is used to store software drivers for additional hardware devices that you install on your Amiga. If a hardware device uses the Expansion drawer, it is explained in the documentation packaged with that product. To activate the new device, drag the icon for the device's software driver into the Expansion drawer and then reboot your system to make the device available.

Devs Drawer/Storage Drawer

The Devs and Storage drawers both contain the following subdrawers:

The Devs drawer contains the device files for the devices that are currently active on the system. The Storage drawer or disk is for device driver files that are not currently in use. Storing unused files in the Storage drawer or disk can save disk space on your boot disk and reduces clutter in Preferences editor windows.

To activate a monitor or DOS driver:

  1. Double-click on the icon. The file is then active during the current session only.
  2. To have the icon active in all sessions, drag it from the Storage drawer into the corresponding Devs drawer and reboot your system.

To activate a keymap:

  1. Drag keymap files from the Storage drawer on the floppy disk into the Devs drawer.
  2. Select the appropriate Keyboard Type in the Input Preferences editor.

To activate a printer driver:

  1. Drag printer files from the Storage drawer on the floppy disk into the Devs drawer.
  2. Select the appropriate Printer Type in the Printer Preferences editor.

Data Types

Data types are software files used by tools, utilities, editors, and applications. They are used to describe file formats to the system, such as picture files, sound files, and text files. The following default data types are included with the system software:

8SVX

IFF sound files

AmigaGuide

Amiga Help files

FTXT

IFF text files

ANIM

ANIM-format animation files

CDXL

CDXL-format animation files

ILBM

Bitmap picture files

Adding data types from other applications into the Devs/DataTypes drawer makes them available for use by the Workbench, as well as the application. Add new data types by dragging them into the Devs/DataTypes drawer and double-clicking on them.

DOSDrivers

DOS drivers are software drivers that extend the capabilities of AmigaDOS. The following DOSDrivers are included with the system software:

PC0/PC1

CrossDOS drivers for DF0: and DF1:, respectively (see Chapter 11 for details)

CD0

CD-ROM driver (see below for details)

PIPE

Pipe driver (see the AmigaDOS User's Guide for details)

AUX

Auxiliary serial Shell driver (see the AmigaDOS User's Guide for details)

RAD

Recoverable RAM disk driver (see Appendix B for details)

Using CD-ROM

CD-ROM drives allow you to read information from CD-ROM disks. When the CD0 device driver is activated, you can use the device name CD0: to refer to a connected CD-ROM. Refer to the documentation that came with your CD-ROM device for specific information about connecting and using the device with the Amiga.

To be sure that the CD-ROM drive works with your Amiga, you must determine the name of the device driver that provides the interface for the CF-ROM drive, typically scsi.device. You must also determine the unit number of the CD-ROM drive, which is included in the drive's documentation. The default device name is scsi.device and the default unit number is 2.

If your CD-ROM drive and interface device do not match the default, change the device name and the unit number to those appropriate for your CD-ROM drive as follows:

  1. Select the Execute Command item from the Workbench menu.
  2. Enter the following command and click on the OK button:

ED SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers/CD0

  1. Replace the device name on the DEVICE = line with the appropriate device name for your drive.
  2. Replace the unit number on the UNIT= line with the appropriate unit number for your drive.
  3. Save your changes by selecting the Save item in the Project menu.
  4. Quit ED by selecting the Quit item in the Project menu.

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