SET_DEV7.PRG Set device 7 as the default serial port on the Falcon by Linnhe Computing Copyright (c) 1995 Mark S Baines All Rights Reserved Mark S Baines asserts the legal and moral right to be identified as the owner of this work. SET_DEV7.PRG IS A FREEWARE PROGRAM ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ SET_DEV7.PRG is protected under UK and International copyright law, and is NOT public domain software. Mark S Baines owns the copyright to this program and the document files. You are hereby granted a licence to use this copy. You are not allowed to alter the program in any way, to do so is an infringement of my rights. FREEWARE is NOT Public Domain! SET_DEV7.PRG - INVENTORY ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ When distributed through any means whatsoever, this total package must not be separated. SET_DEV7.PRG The program file SET_DEV7.TXT The documentation in standard ASCII text file SET_DEV7.ASC The documentation in reformatable ASCII text file SET_DEV7.PRG - WHAT IS IT? ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ In serial communications the Falcon uses, by default, device 6 as the serial port (which isn't connected to any hardware port at the back panel and is the ST MFP compatible port). This often causes confusion with Falcon users who use software that automatically uses the default device without checking (this was OK until the Falcon) and then find the software doesn't work with the Modem 1 SCC channel B device port that their modem is plugged into. All software should examine the default device and if not set to device 7 or 8 set it so BUT change it back before quitting. For instance, Semper does a Bconmap(7) to set device 7 as the default device and leaves it there (i.e. it doesn't reset it back to device 6 when it quits). HSMODEM uses device 7 and redirects all serial communications through this device. However, it doesn't change the system default device to device 7 which remains as device 6. So, if you don't boot up with HSMODEM, some users are finding that they must run Semper first before using a terminal program or some other comms software. This has also caused some confusion when users have read PROFILE 2's "Serial Devices" page and seen that the buffers are not attached to the device they thought. Quite simply, SET_DEV7 is a little program that sets the default system serial device to device 7 by doing a Bconmap(7). This remains in effect until another program resets the device or a reset. It should overcome most of the problems people have with the Modem 1 port not working. SET_DEV7 only works on a Falcon (there is no need for this program on any other Atari computer). If device 7 is already the default device then SET_DEV7 will simply quit. It will also quit if the computer is not a Falcon. SET_DEV7.PRG - USING IT ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ SET_DEV7 can be run from the AUTO folder, a shell or from the desktop. It is best run from the AUTO folder and after any other serial port patch program, especially HSMODEM. A message should be displayed to say if device 7 was correctly set or not. SET_DEV7.PRG - VERSION HISTORY ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ V1.0 April 1995 The first release version. Sl…inte mhath Mark S Baines Linnhe Computing Linnhe, Shore Street Inver, by Tain Ross-shire IV20 1SF 18th April 1995 E-mail: Internet: msbaines@cix.compulink.co.uk FidoNet: 2:254/105.10@fidonet.org NeST: 90:102/107.0@nest.ftn TurboNet: 100:101/12.10@turbonet.ftn AtariNet 51:502/0.10@atarinet.ftn ====================================================================== ALSO FROM LINNHE COMPUTING ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ PROFILE 2 THE Atari System Analyser A fully GEMmed system analyser is for all Ataris. This is the most comprehensive system analyser available and fully compatible with all Atari machines and TOS-based operating systems including the Falcon and GEMulator run on a PC. It is also MultiTOS, MagiC, MagiCMac and Geneva compatible. The BEST system analyser for all Atari computers is now fully GEMmed and includes many new features. The report is even more extensive and now consists of the following: 1 Hardware, TOS and Screen Details 2 Memory Details 3 Disk Drives Details 4 pun_info Structure Details 5 ROM Cartridge Details 6 Serial Devices Details 7 Miscellaneous Falcon030 Details 8 AES Details 9 Multitasking System Details 10 Multitasking System Configuration File 11 Multitasking System GEM.CNF File 12 Some Important Configuration Addresses 13 Operating System Header Block Details 14 Program Basepage Details 15 AES Internal Shell Buffer - Installed DESKTOP/NEWDESK.INF File 16 AES Internal Shell Buffer - Installed Configuration 17 Control Panel Settings and GDOS 18 GDOS - ASSIGN.SYS File 19 GDOS - EXTEND.SYS File 20 AUTO Folder Programs 21 Accessories 22 CPX Modules 23 Running Applications 24 Vertical Blank Interrupt Details 25 Cookie Jar Configuration Details 26 Cookie IDs Interpretation 27 Environment Variables Strings 28 Complete System Variables Contents 29 Exception Vectors Contents - First 32 30 Exception Vectors Contents - TRAPs 31 Exception Vectors Contents - FPU and MMU Interrupts 32 Exception Vectors Contents - MFP 68901 Interrupts 33 Exception Vectors Contents - TT MFP and SCC Interrupts XBRA and XNAM compliancy can be checked for on System Variables and Exception Vectors via a dialog or double-clicking on the relevant line in the display window. All 3 screen fonts can be used. All dialogs are in windows and amodal. Dialog position can be controlled. ST-Guide Context-Sensitive Help is provided. ST-Guide can be used as an accessory or loaded from disk. Submenus for all TOS and AES versions. Data can be re-read at any time to show changes in the system since loading. Send any page, series of pages or whole report to the Printer, Disk File or Clipboard. Set up default printer initialisation string. Save options, printer init string and path of ST-Guide to INF file. Multitasking system compatible. GEM-List keyboard standard compliant. PROFILE 2 is available from Floppyshop, FaST-Club and Goodman's PD libraries, on-line at NeST and TurboNet Bulletin Board Systems and from CIX in the atari.st/2listings topic file list or on the Internet at HENSA (via ftp, telnet, gopher at micros.hensa.ac.uk in the /micros/atari/tos directory) or at Paderborn in Germany (ftp.uni-paderborn.de in the /atari/tools/util directory). PROFILE 2 is shareware and only costs 5 pounds to register. This provides a Key which gives you access to all parts of the program. Send six UK pounds to Linnhe Computing and I'll send you a disk with the latest version of PROFILE 2 fully registered with your own personal key, together with all the other Linnhe Computing programs. Payment is by Cash, Cheques (drawn on UK banks only) and Postal Orders only. Cheques must be made out to "Mark S Baines". ====================================================================== The Atari A to Z by Mark S Baines Jargon, terminology and acronyms are the staple diet of any professional, technologist and hobbyist. The world of computing is no exception and to the uninitiated home or small business user, magazines, manuals and books can be very daunting. Written by someone who understands these frustrations and needs, The Atari A to Z is an encyclopaedia of modern computer terminology specifically pertaining to Atari computers. Whether you play games on an ST, run your business on a TT or write music on a Falcon, this book is aimed at helping you get to grips with magazines and books that are more perplexing than enlightening. In it, you will find definitions, explanations, mini-articles, tables and lists to help you gain a better understanding of your Atari computer. The material in this book was written with all Atari users in mind. There are simple definitions for the uninitiated and technical data for the experienced. You take what you want, when you want it. The Book The Atari A to Z is produced in A5 format, 340 pages long and contained in a quality ring folder for convenience. It contains 2,238 entries, 101 tables and 128,000 words. There are five appendices - Addresses, Book List, Connectors, Extensions, Atari ASCII set, ANSI Character Set. Firstly, this is a comprehensive general computing dictionary, there being entries for all the common terms and acronyms found in modern day computing. Like any computer user, Atari users require help with terms not specific to their particular machine. They should be able to find what they want here. Secondly, there are entries of Atari-related terms and acronyms which cover all the Atari computers and consoles. There are expanded explanations and essays, tables and lists which together form a comprehensive inventory of material that The Atari Compendium left out and not found elsewhere. The table of System Variables is more accurate than that in The Atari Compendium. There is a list of Exception Vectors, Atari Cookies and their meanings, Memory Maps for all Atari computers (and more accurate than that in The Atari Compendium), a full Breakdown of the DESKTOP.INF and NEWDESK.INF files (not found in ANY other publication), Errors Messages and Bombs, Pin Connections of all the ports on all the machines, Technical Specifications of the whole Atari range, a Breakdown of the TOS Versions and the differences between them, an explanation of GDOS, MultiTOS, the VT52 emulator and codes, all the main chips, viruses, a light-hearted look at computer laws, a list of common file extenders and their meanings, a list of contact addresses, a bibliography... this is just a little taster of some of the important aspects of this book. The Atari A to Z is thorough! The Author Mark S Baines is a highly experienced computer user having bought his first computer in 1982, been on the communications networks since 1983 and the Internet since 1993. Holding Bachelor and Masters degrees, he was once a secondary school teacher of Biology, Computer Studies and Information Technology, a network manager and school administrator. Mark left the profession after twelve years to move to his beloved Highlands to pursue a more benign lifestyle. He currently runs Linnhe Computing, carrying out training, consultancy, freelance writing, journalism, export and anything else that takes his fancy! Mark has written regular columns and other articles in various magazines for several years, including more recently ST Applications, ST Review and Atari World. Availability The book is only available from: Linnhe Computing Linnhe, Shore Street Inver, by Tain Ross-shire IV20 1SF Price UK The cost is a very reasonable œ12.50 including postage and package. Payment is by Cash, Cheques (drawn on UK banks only) and Postal Orders only. Cheques must be made out to "Mark S Baines". EEC Including postage - total œ14.10 US and Canada Including postage - total œ17.00 Australia Including postage - total œ18.10 PLEASE NOTE: Only UK cash, cheques and postal orders (available in Canada and Australia) are accepted. DO NOT send anything else! Ask your bank about the *cheapest* way to send UK money to the UK for just send cash safely wrapped to avoid detection. Special Offer: If you add an extra œ5.00 I will send you the latest version of PROFILE 2 - the best and most thorough system analyser for all Ataris - a full and modern GEM interface and Falcon, MultiTOS, MagiC and Geneva compatible. This program is shareware and your registration key will be included together with other Linnhe Computing software.