Commodore Amiga - Page 75

Requester -----i ~
Exit Gadgets
To respond to a requester, you use the gadget or gadgets it pro v ides . Among
the gadgets, there are always one or more exit gadgets that you select to close
the requester. In many requesters, the" OK" gadget is an exit gadget. Many
requesters also have a "Cancel" gadget you select if for any reason you don't
want to perform an action.
Alerts are messages the Amiga provides if there is something seriously wrong
with your Amiga or with the tools you're using. Alerts are hard to ignore:
they appear in boxes with flashing red borders . At the top of alerts are the
words "Software Failure" or "Not enough memory."
If you get an alert, jot the number at the bottom of the box on a piece of
paper if you can; it will help service people to diagnose the problem.
Operations Involving Disks
Initializing Disks
To use a new disk with the Amiga, it must be initialized. If you copy a disk,
the new disk is initialized as it receives the copy. To initialize a disk without
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