About This Manual
This manual
is
designed to let you set up and start using your Amiga 500 with a
minimum
of
effort. The manual includes nine chapters, a set
of
appendices, a
glossary and an index.
Here's
a brief description
of
each part
of
this manual:
Chapter
I,
Introduction , summarizes the general features and capabilities
of
th
e
Amiga 500.
Chapter 2,
Setting
Up
the Amiga 500, shows how to put your Amiga together. If
you're using an Amiga for the first time, read Chapter 3,
Getting Started, to learn
the basics.
Chapter 4,
Using the Workbench, describes the nuts and bolts
of
using Work-
bench-to
familiarize yourself with elements like icons, menus, and using the
mouse.
Chapter 5,
Workbench Tools , tells about the useful tools available through the
Workbench disk, including
Amiga's
built-in clock, calculator, notepad, icon
editor, speech synthesizer, graphic dump, and international key map selector.
Chapter
6,
Using Preferences, explains how to customize your Amiga by
changing the settings on the Preferences utility
of
Workbench.
Chapter
7,
AmigaDOS and the CLI, explains how to use the Amiga Disk
Operating System by typing in commands directly, via the Command Line
Interface (CLI).
Chapter 8,
Adding to the Amiga 500, describes printers, extra memory,
di
sk
drives, modems and other hardware peripherals available for your Amiga.
Chapter 9,
Caring for the Amiga 500, gives advice on how to keep your Amiga
in
good working order.
Appendix A,
Te
chnical Reference, contains technical specifications, diagrams
of
input/output connectors, theory
of
operation, memory map and a block
diagram.
Appendix B,
AmigaDOS Reference, contains summaries
of
AmigaDOS CLI and
screen editor (ED) commands, as well as a list
of
Amiga error numbers and what
to do when you get the errors.
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