#A2024 reboot mode
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Denny –
Ok the new monitor is great, but I need a little help.
I don't usually boot my machine to often, so once I set the screen mode
to the new A2024 everything looks great (except for AP – but that's
something I can live with, and something for my next thread ), anyway I
can't seem to get the monitor mode recongized when I reboot the CPU.
I have done the following in order to get the screen mode to stick,
please, what am I missing here!
I have moved the 2024 monitor icon from 'Monitor Store' to the monitor
draw. This draw is in the rood of my Workbench disk (SYS:). I have also
played alittle with 'Add Monitor' – in the icon, I defined the Num=4
Name=A2024. This 'Add Monitor' is in my System draw (SYS:system). 'Bind
Monitor is also there and knows about the A2024. Ok, there was a while
there when 'screen mode' did not know about the A2024 when I brought that
up, and I have fixed that now. (I think the 'Add monitor' fixed that).
So what am I doing wrong here, or what have I overlooked.
BTW, I'm running WB 2.04 so I assumed that my 'monitor' draw does not
yet belong in my 'devs' draw, as it would when one upgrades to 2.1.
Anyway I have tryed putting that draw into Devs: and that made no
difference. I have notice the following lines in my 'Start-Up Sequence';
"if exists sys:Monitors
join >NIL: sys:monitors/~(#?.info) as t:mon-start
execute t:mon-start"
Well, like I said 'sys:Monitor' does exist in my SYS: and within that draw
does exist the A2024.info. So I'm at a loss. Does anyone know what the
deal is here.
Thanks
OnLine since 1982
Roy Pahnke – Casper WY
Roy,
Is the A2024 file there along with its icon?
Denny –
If 'there', you mean the monitor directory – yes.
OnLine since 1982
Roy Pahnke – Casper WY
Why did you play with 'Add Monitor' in the Icon? Unless you had a good
reason, change it back.
Putting the monitor into sys:monitors or devs:monitors is not sufficient.
You also have to use sys:prefs/screenmode to save A2024 as your
screenmode. I can't think of anything else I've ever had to do with an
A2024/Moniterm.
Dale Larson
– An Amiga Software Engineer with some time on his hands.
Dale –
I have also runned sys:prefs/sreenmode and saved several times. The
first couple of time I ran 'screenmode', the A2024 was not listed. Not
until I ran Add monitor (Clicked on icon) was the A2024 permanently listed
within 'screenmode' (It also shows up in all my other screenmode setting
programs. ie AP, excellences! and others)
I changed the Tool Types in Add Monitor, because that was the
instructions in the Amiga – System Software Manual – version 2.04 manual.
OnLine since 1982
Roy Pahnke – Casper WY
Roy,
I hope someone has an answr for you — I only used the A2024 under 2.1 and 3.0,
where the whole procedure's a bit easier to deal with. 🙁
Somehow it's not getting added at startup. Maybe you should recopy the icon
from your 2.04 disk without changing anything?