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From: dlm@druwy.ATT.COM (Dan Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Spectre 128
Message-ID: <3825@druwy.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Feb 89 16:12:03 GMT
References: <14696@cup.portal.com>
Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO
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in article <14696@cup.portal.com>, Amortisseur@cup.portal.com (David T Szlucha) says:
> Just today I ordered a Spectre 128 and 64K ROMS. I have a few questions.
> What System and Finder do I use? 
	With the 64K ROMs you can use any System/Finder up to System
3.2, Finder 5.3 or 5.4.  Apple removed the resource containing the 64K
ROM patches from the System file after version 3.2.  You can load later
System/Finder versions but there will be lots of weird bugs due to the
missing 64K ROM patch resource.

> Will this look OK on a color monitor?
	The Spectre is useable on a color monitor.  It is a *LOT* nicer
on a monochrome system.

> How do I create a boot disk?
	You can use "Transverter", a utility program that comes with the
Spectre 128, to transfer a downloaded copy of System/Finder to a Spectre
format disk.  Transverter can also write the boot blocks for you. 

> Is a one meg ST enough?
	The Spectre will run in as little as 512K.  Of course the more
memory you have the better.

> How do I format a hard disk with MFS? (ID=0, LUN=1)
	The Spectre startup program allows you to format HFS or MFS hard
disk partitions.


				Dan Moore
				AT&T Bell Labs
				Denver
				dlm@druwy.ATT.COM
				dlm@druhi.ATT.COM