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THE WINDOW BUTTONS:                                         
  The   2  buttons  on  the   right  side   of  the   window
  scroll up  or down the  list of  files  available  on your
  disk.  The upper left button is the REVERT button and will
  display  all the files  as they appear  on your boot disk.
  There is another  button in the upper right  corner of the
  AUTO  & ACC  windows.  With it you can  choose  to display
  files  by name or as they appear on your disk.  The REVERT
  button  for  the  'other files'  window  is  the info box.
                                                            
The "COLOR" button will be available only on a color monitor
 You will be able to select 8 different color displays. This
 setting is saved in the preference files.                  
                                                            
The INFO menu:                                              
 CREDITS:  will  give  you  information  about  the program.
 SYSTEM:  will  give you  information on your system and the
  current setup.                                            
 HELP: will bring up this text!!!                           
 MEMO will call the Memo editor. You can load, save or clear
  the memo.   The  Memo  is 'intelligent',  if  it  contains
  something  and you have  selected the show memo option  in
  your preferences,  it will  pop up every time  you bootup.
                                                            
The FILE menu:                                              
 ITEM SELECTOR  gives you  the option to rename  or delete a
  a file anywhere on your disks.                            
 REORDER AUTO  enables you  to reorder programs in your auto
  folder.  Just  follow  the  instructions  in the info box.
 REVERT ALL will revert all files in every window.          
                                                            
The PRESETS menu:                                           
 MAKE:  after selecting  all the files you need  to create a
  preset,  select this button and follow instructions in the
  info box.  After clicking on  the preset you  want to make
  STart-it  will ask you  if you want to choose a program to
  auto-launch with that preset.                             
 SAVE: press this button to save your preset to disk.       
  STart-it  will ask you in which bank you want to save your
  presets.  You  can choose  any of  the 4 banks  available.
 CLEAN:  will clean every preset  of any file not present on
  your disk at this time.                                   
 ERASE:  erase  a  preset.  The  name  of the preset will be
  replaced by the word EMPTY.                               
 INCLUDE: include a selected file in every preset.          
 EXTRACT: extract a selected file in every preset.          
 AUTORUN PRG:  select a program for auto-launching using one
               of the 3 methods available in STart-it.      
 SELECT:  bring  up  the preset  selector screen.  Press the
  preset  button  you  want  to  instantly  run that preset.
                                                            
The CONFIGURE menu:                                         
 CONFIGURE START-IT:  calls  the  main configuration screen.
 CONFIGURE FILES1, 2, 3 & 4:  Calls  the  file  selector  to
  select the path  where you want these files to be written.
 SAVE PREFERENCES:  will save your preference to disk.  This
  is the same function  as the SAVE button in the  CONFIGURE
  START-IT screen.                                          
                                                            
The "CONFIGURE FILES x" file selector:                      
 enables you to  select a path where you want these files to
 be written. A file selector will appear.  In the lower part
 of the  file selector  you'll see the actual path  for that
 file.    At  the  left  is  a   window   showing  you   the
 directory of actual  path  and  at the right a series  of  
 buttons to select  any  available drives in your  system.  
 There is also a SELECTION box containing the destination   
 file name. The file selector works just like the  GEM  file
 file selector. You can enter the name manually or select it
 with the mouse. Press CANCEL if you want to keep the  path,
 press DISABLE to make FILE TYPEx disabled,  press ok if you
 have choosen a new path.                                   
                                                            
- AUTORUN PRG:              You  can  select  a  program  to
  autorun.  If you have  TOS 1.4  or higher  the name of the
  program  will be placed  in the  NEWDESK.INF  when exiting
  STart-it.  If you have an  older version of TOS,  Start-it
  will write a file called  STARTGEM.INF  so you can autorun
  a GEM  program  with  STARTGEM.PRG.  StartGem  has  to  be
  present  in  your  AUTO  folder  if you want this to work.
  You  can  also   use  HEAD START  for  auto-launching  GEM
  programs. STart-it will detect the presence of STARTGEM or
  HEADSTART in your auto folder to know which one you use...
  You have  3 choices when  you select an  AutoRun  program:
  1- Select a program to Auto-Run.                          
  2- Select the DISABLE button and no program will be       
      auto-started.                                         
  3- Press the 'Esc' key to clear the selection box, this   
     will select the DEFAULT AUTORUN program.               
  If you select DISABLE for a given preset and you start the
  boot procedure with that preset,  STart-it will remove ANY
  AutoRun  program it  might find  in the desktop  info file
  that will be copied!!! It will also erase the STARTGEM.INF
  and   HEADSTRT.DAT  file  and  disable STARTGEM and       
  HEADSTRT program in your auto folder.                     
                                                            
- "REORDER AUTO FOLDER PRG":     You can reorder programs in
  your auto folder. Press this button and select the program
  you want to move,  then select where you want this program
  to go.  STart-it will ask you if you want to  reorder your
  program.  If you  decide to do so,  STart-it will  ask you
  if you want to put the program to move before or after the
  target file.                                              
                                                            
You can set  the correct time and date if  you don't have an
 internal clock.  Just press the time  display button or the
 date display button.                                       
                                                            
At the bottom of the screen there are 8 buttons:            
 - START: will start the boot procedure with the  setup     
   that is currently displayed.                             
 - CANCEL:  will bootup with the current settings           
   on your boot disk.                                       
 - MONO:  will  bootup with the  preset #1  and is  also the
   default  preset  for monochrome  if  you exceed  the time
   limit  (the time limit is  WAIT TIME in the configuration
   screen.  It  is the  time the  program  will wait  before
   booting  up if you don't  touch the mouse).  If you press
   the  SPACE BAR  this preset will  also be used as default
   in monochrome.                                           
 - COLOR M: is the default preset for color monitor. It     
   works the same way as the MONO button.                   
 - COLOR L: will choose preset #3.                          
 - NOTHING:  will  bootup  the  computer  without  any  auto
    programs  or accessories.  Useful when you  want all the
    available memory your computer can offer.               
 - NO ACC: bootup without any accessories.                  
 - NO AUTO: bootup without any auto programs.               
                                                            
The PRESET window:                                          
  *** You can view a preset by clicking on it.***           
 The upper  left button in  the PRESET window  will show you
  a screen with all the 49 presets available.  You can click
  on any  button to  choose a  preset to run.  If you  click
  on  CANCEL  you  will  be  returned  to the  main  screen.
 The  2 right buttons will scroll the list  of all available
  presets.  There  is  49 presets  available  in STart-it!!!
  The first  20 presets can be selected with  the f-keys. To
  select   one  of  the   first  10  presets  just  hit  the
  corresponding  F-Key.   To  select  preset 11 to 20  press
  SHIFT and the corresponding F-Key.  Each preset name has a
  number  to its right corresponding  to its assigned F-Key.
 There are 2 buttons  (LOAD & SAVE) under the preset window.
  You can  load or  save 4 presets  banks for a total of 196
  presets available.                                        
                                                            
The "STart-it CONFIGURATION screen":                        
- "FORCE TIME & DATE INPUT":    Will enable you to force the
   time  and  date  input  when  you  bootup  your computer.
- "Hotkey(s) SKIP/START":     This function serves as a flag
   to  tell  STart-it  to  run  or  not  if  certain HOTKEYS
   are pressed when you boot your computer.  When you select
   the  "Caps"  key you  only have to  press it once as soon
   as you can.                                              
- "WAIT TIME": This is the amount of time that STart-it will
   wait before booting with the default preset  if you don't
   touch the mouse.  You can set it to INFINITE if you don't
   want the program to AUTO BOOT.                           
- "SHOW PRESET SCREEN":       You can make STart-it show the
   preset  screen  every  time  you  turn  on your computer.
- "ACCESSORIES LIMIT":          Enables you to set a maximum
   number  of  accessories  you  can  select  since MULTITOS
   enables you to run more than 6 accessories.              
- "SHOW MEMO":     You can choose to display the MEMO screen
   automatically with this.                                 
- "SHOW PICTURE":     You can display a welcome picture when
   you start  your computer.  Start-it can display  pictures
   in PI1, PI2, PI3, PC1, PC2, PC3 and NEO formats. Just put
   the  pictures  you want in  the path  you have  selected.
- "ORDER": You can choose to display your picture in 2 ways.
   If you select RANDOM,  pictures will  be showed randomly.
   If you select ORDER,pictures will be showed sequentially.
- "SCREEN PATH":       You can select any path you want when
   STart-it searches for a picture to display.Just press the
   button and a file selector will appear.  Select the drive
   and path you want and press OK. The path selected will be
   displayed  in the  button below  the  SHOW WELCOME SCREEN
   button.  If you are in the file selector and wish to keep
   the actual path press the CANCEL button.                 
- "PLAY SAMPLE WITH PICTURE":    will play a sample with the
   welcome picture if you have chosen this option.  STart-it
   will first try to find a sample with the same name as the
   picture to be displayed.                                 
                                                            
- "SAMPLE PATH":       works the same way as the SCREEN PATH
   button.The sample must have the extension .SMx where x is
   the speed (0 to 5)at which the sample will be played. You
   can play samples in AVR format. The samples can be as big
   50k,  bigger  samples  will  be  ignored  by the program.
- "ACCESSORIES PATH":  If you use a program that enables you
   to put your accessories in a folder this function must be
   set to that specific path or STart-it will not be able to
   locate your accessories.                                 
- "SWITCH SCREEN DISPLAY TO xxHZ":     This function selects
   the screen display to be 50Hz or 60Hz. Useful if you want
   to run European programs.  This setting will not be saved
   with your STart-it preference.  **** If you have switched
   the screen display to 50Hz and you want to get it back to
   60 when you are on the desktop just use the  SWTCH_HZ.PRG
   to change it.****                                        
- "SHOW EXIT SCREEN":         Enable or disable exit screen.
- "SELECT DEFAULT AUTORUN PROGRAM":      The default AutoRun
   program is the one that will be selected if you press the
   START  button  and no AutoRun  program has  been selected
   by choosing a preset to display.                         
- "MORE": Will bring up the "MORE OPTIONS" screen.   You can
  choose to sort auto programs and accessories. You can also
  set STart-it to display write protected files in your auto
  folder.  These files will be displayed as bold characters.
- "OK":    will exit the configuration screen without saving
    your preference to disk.                                
- RELOAD:   will reload the preference file if you have made
   any changes and you've changed your mind.                
- "SAVE:" will save your preference settings to disk.       
                                                            
- THE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS:                                   
    - [T] : Set time.                                       
    - [D] : Set date.                                       
    - [I] : Info.                                           
    - [S] : Select AutoRun program.                         
    - [1] : Configure files1.                               
    - [2] : Configure files2.                               
    - [3] : Configure files3.                               
    - [4] : Configure files4.                               
    - [P] : Show the preset screen.                         
    - [Esc] : Same as the CANCEL button.                    
    - [Undo]: Same as the REVERT button.                    
    - [Help]: Call On Line help...                          
    - [C] : Call the configure STart-it screen.             
    - F1 to F10: Select preset #1 to #10.                   
    - SHIFT F1 to F10: Select preset #11 to #20.            
    - [Space Bar]: Select default preset.                   
    - [M] : Call the Memo.                                  
    - [R] : Reorder Auto folder programs.                   
                                                            
Well that's about it for now...                             
 I hope  you'll enjoy  the program.  I've  tried  my best to
 include  every function  possible.  Let me know if you have
 any   suggestions   about  functions  you'd  like  to  see.
 I'm asking only $10 dollars for registering STart-it!.  You
 will  receive a  25 page   manual and a  copy registered to
 your name.                                                 
                                                            
   Be seeing you!!!                                         
                                  Christian Ernst           
                                  5550 Guy                  
                                  Charlesbourg PQ           
                                  Canada                    
                                  G1H 4L5                   
                                                            
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                                      1-418-623-3729        
                                                            
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