Screensave
Use this to set up options for the console’s screensaver facility.
The upper box is used to set the inactivity window, after which the screensave
function is activated. This can be set to 30 mins, 5 mins, 30 secs or 5 secs.
Alternatively, select Disabled.
The screensave pattern (see opposite) may be selected from a choice of Logo, Worms,
Splash, Rings, or String Art. We leave you to discover (or interpret) the meaning of
most of these.
Instead of only “SSL Digital”appearing with the Splash screensaver, alternative
custom text messages can entered (see lower screen opposite). Access
FILE/SETUP/Data/Edit/saver_messages and enter your text from the keyboard
prefaced with n^ (where n is any number between 1 and 2
31
-1, and ^ is a space) and
ending with a keyboard Enter. Please try to avoid editing any other interesting files in the
directory. The results may not be what you hoped for! If you cannot locate the
saver_messages file, first use FILE/SETUP/Data/Create to create one in the top level
directory.
More than one message can be entered, provided they are each prefaced with a
number. These numbers are used to dictate the probability of individual messages
appearing when the screensaver is activated. For example, looking at the lower screen
opposite, the probability of SSL Digital appearing will be 50 divided by 53 (the sum of
all the prefaced numbers). The probability of Welcome to Solid State Logic appearing
will be 3 divided by 53, and so on.
Shutdown
This provides a reboot function – initiating a Cold Start (reboot from the System Disk)
or a Warm Start (reboot from RAM). You will only need to use this under abnormal
circumstances and, if so, we recommend a Cold Start. If any elements of a Project File
have not been saved since the last update, you will be warned.
SIO
This covers three items concerned with the computer’s Serial Card, which is used for
ethernet (network) communications. Save saves the Serial program, currently running
in RAM, to the System Disk. This is only used under special circumstances.
Restart carries out a soft reboot of the Serial Card, without disturbing any other
software. Reboot is for a hard restart from disk.
Setup Options
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