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From: 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: AUTO folder
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Date: 23 May 89 15:44:00 GMT
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Once again, for those who missed earlier postings, STOP using the AUTO folder
to load all your boot-time codes in during startup. It makes much more sense
to use the batch file processor STARTUP.PRG (see sample listing below) to
run codes from any pathway. If you precede a code call with 'ask' you will
be issued a prompt to confirm or cancel execution; save yourself a lot of
grief with infinite reboots when you put a crappy code in AUTO.

Simply put STARTUP.PRG and STARTUP.INF in your AUTO folder. When you want to
add more codes, just insert a call to them in STARTUP.INF. Why mess around
with the order of files in AUTO?

You can get STARTUP.PRG from Accusoft's PD library.


;============== STARTUP.INF for my 1040 ST =============================
display off                      ; turn echo off
output off                       ; stop all echo to monitor
;
clear                            ; clear the display
;
if ($res == high) then           ; display a high res DEGAS picture on
  graphics 0 c:\choose.pi3       ; the screen if using a mono system
endif                            ; (this screen asks if I want my ST to
                                 ; be an ST, a PC or a Mac)
;
set jumper = $<<                 ; capture a single character keyboard input
;
if ($jumper == e) then           ; exit start up routine if letter e is pressed
   exit
endif
if ($jumper == m) then           ; if m is typed, become a Mac under Spectre
   echo d:\spectre\1spectre.prg >c:\startgem.inf
   d:\utility\startgem.prg
   exit
endif
if ($jumper == i) then           ; if i is typed, become a PC under PC Ditto
   echo c:\pc_ditto\ibm_pc.prg >c:\startgem.inf   ; let's become a slow XT
   d:\utility\startgem.prg
   exit
endif
;
; run in Atari mode if e, m, or i not selected (also load in NeoDesk)
;
clear
;
echo c:\neodesk\neomastr.prg >c:\startgem.inf
;
; NO ONE SHOULD USE A HARD DISK WITHOUT NEODESK
;
d:\utility\startgem.prg
;
res medium                        ; boot in med res if colour monitor is used
;
if ($res == high) then            ; display a high res DEGAS picture on
  graphics 23 c:\startup2.pi3     ; the screen if using a mono system
else                              ; else display a med res DEGAS picture
  graphics 23 c:\startup2.pi2     ; if booting using a colour system
endif
;
;**********************************************************************
;* run boot-time codes from outside of AUTO - simply change order of  *
;* lines to change order of execution. NOTE!!!!!, FOLDXXXX.PRG,       *
;* AUTODATE.PRG and some other codes MUST be run from AUTO since they *
;* look for themselves in this folder.                                *
;**********************************************************************
;
d:\utility\multivec.prg          ; load in the UIS file selector utility
d:\utility\uis_ii.prg            ; (cannot see using my ST without this!)
d:\utility\diskfree.prg          ; speed up for DISPLAY INFO on a disk req.
d:\utility\g+plus.prg            ; use G+PLus instead of GDOS
d:\utility\nite.prg              ; screen saver
d:\utility\pr960.prg             ; 960 pixels/line screen dump configuration
clear
;
accask                            ; select accessories to load in