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NOTICE BY ATARI COLDFIRE PROJECT TEAM (http://acp.atari.org)
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=======================================================================
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Please take note that some of the documents included in the THING folder
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are outdated.
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Last year the Thing desktop was released as FreeWare by the Authors and
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a Public key was made available via the Atari Coldfire Project
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(http://acp.atari.org).
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Accordingly, the copies of Thing available in this distribution are
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provided already registered under the name of PublicACP. Also, both
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versions have been already configured for the FireBee computer, although
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they should be usable on any TOS compatible platform, after resetting
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Thing to default settings.
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Please note that the Authors are currently working for a Thing's release
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under a GPL licence scheme.
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Stay tuned on the ACP web page (http://acp.atari.org) for News and Release
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details !
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The ACP Team
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2012/04/19
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ACKNOWLEDGE
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----------
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The FreeMiNT Setup distribution for the FireBee was made possible thanks
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to months of hard work by Jo Even Skarstein of Taskbar fame, well know
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in the Atari Community.
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=======================================================================
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Thing, 1.27/1.29
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----------------
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GENERALITIES
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------------
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This folder contains both Thing 1.27 and Thing 1.29 (beta). Along with
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Teradesk, these desktops are selectable as default desktop,via the SEL_DESK
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program, (please refer to readme.htm for general guidance). All desktops
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are already configured for the FireBee with a basic setup.
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Altough Thing 1.29 has some advanges over version 1.27 (such us the
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automatic install/removal of hard disks) it is STILL A BETA RELEASE
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that is reported to be affected by a few annoying bugs.
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If you have problems with Thing 1.29, revert via the SEL_DESK program
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to the older, but more stable, 1.27 version.
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Thing 1.27 is pre-installed in English, while Thing 1.29 is pre-installed
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in the German language. In addition, all the documents from the original
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Thing UK and DE distributions have been retained, altough some of contents
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are outdated by now. This solution was adopted to keep the Thing archive
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consistent with the original distributions provided the authors.
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The national translations (<COUNTRY> from now) are provided unchanged,
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i.e. as released by the original authors. Note than some of the original
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translators are not active on the Atari platform anymore, and might not
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provide support or updated versions.
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THING AUTHORS
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Thing, 1.27/1.29
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Copyright (c) 1994-98 Arno Welzel and Thomas Binder
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Additional credits: see Thing Hyp Guide (TOC->Other information->Thanks!)
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ThingIcn 1.10
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Copyright (c) 1995-98 Arno Welzel, Thomas Binder and Dirk Klemmet
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Idea By Holger Weets
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TRANSLATIONS
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THING 1.27:
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UK Translation: Joe Connor & Peter West;
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FR Translation: Jean Michel Conus & Sylvain Perchaud. The documents
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are available for older versions only and not in ST-Guide format;
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IT Translation: L. Zanier (RSC only);
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NL Translation: Godfried Cobben (RSC only).
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THING 1.29:
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UK Translation: Joe Connor & Peter West & ACP Team (RSC Only);
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IT Translation: L. Zanier (RSC only).
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THINGICN 1.10:
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UK Translation: Peter West & Transaction Crew;
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IT Translation: L. Zanier (RSC only).
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LANGUAGE FOLDER CONTENTS
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------------------------
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SEE CONTENTS.TXT file
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DISCLAIMER
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----------
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This archive is PROVIDED AS IT IS, and the authors and the ACP team
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DISCLAIM ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE resulting from
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the use of the included files, no matter how they are caused, or
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for possible errors in the translations or the procedures.
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USE THE CONTENTS OF THIS ARCHIVE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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<COUNTRY> FILES INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
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--------------------------------------
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WARNING: THING 1.27 AND THING 1.29 RESOURCE FILES ARE NOT ALIKE.
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DO NOT MIX FILES FROM DIFFERENT VERSIONS!
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This procedure was written for Thing 1.27. The Thing 1.29 procedure
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is alike, apart from the source and destination folders.
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Inside the LANGUAGE folder you will find the translations organised
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in <COUNTRY> subfolders. Note that some <COUNTRY>.RSC files are
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available with the B & W logo only. Inside <COUNTRY> folders are
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also located a few help files in various formats (see CONTENTS.TXT
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for details on available translations).
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- Open the appropriate <COUNTRY> subfolder to verify all the available
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files. A full description is available in the CONTENTS.TXT file.
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The main Thing resource file is some cases is available in two versions:
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with Color Logo and with B&W Logo. The two versions differ by the logo
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and by size (B&W<64Kb, Color>64Kb). Verify to your System specifications,
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select the appropriate Resource file and rename it to THING.RSC (if
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required/when available).
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- Open THING's main folder: C:\THING\THING.127.
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- Locate THING's main Resource files: THING.RSC and THINGTXT.RSC.
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- Backup these files (although not strictly required), rename them
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(for istance in THING.RSX and THINGTXT.RSX) or delete them.
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- Drag and drop THING.RSC and THINGTXT.RSC files from the source subfolder
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(..\LANGUAGE\THING.127\<COUNTRY>\THING\) to the destination folder.
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- Close the Desktop and restart it via the LAUNCH DESK entry available
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in the PROCESS MENU of XAAES. The desktop will be re-opened with the
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language of your choice.
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IF SOMETHING WENT WRONG:
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If Thing complains for missing/damaged RSC files and doesn't show up.
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- Start a different Desktop (i.e. TERADESK) via the LAUNCH entry
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available in the PROCESS Menu of XAAES.
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- Repeat the "RESOURCE FILES' INSTALLATION" procedure.
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- Close the desktop and restart the desktop via the LAUNCH DESK menu
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entry in XAAES.
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- If Thing still doesn't work, restart a different Desktop and restore
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the original THING's RSC files.
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- Report the problem on the FireBee board on ATARI-FORUM
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(http://www.atari-forum.com) or the FireBee Users Mailing List
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IF THE THING INTERFACE DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT:
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- Restore the original RSC files.
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- Report the problem on the FireBee board on ATARI-FORUM.
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(http://www.atari-forum.com) or the FireBee Users Mailing List
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THINGICN <COUNTRY> FILE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
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----------------------------------------------
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Thing Icon Manager is a handy program to customise the icons
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assignment to programs and files. Version 1.10 is compatible
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with Thing 1.27 and Thing 1.29. ThingIcn is currently available
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in UK, DE and IT. Resource files are nested inside the
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LANGUAGE\THING.127\<COUNTRY>\THING\ subfolder of UK, DE and
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IT <COUNTRY> main folders.
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- Open the appropriate ..LANGUAGE\THING.127\<COUNTRY>\THING\
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subfolder.
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- Open THING's main folder: C:\THING\THING.127\THING\.
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- Locate ThingIcon main Resource file: THINGICN.RSC .
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- Backup this file (although not strictly required), rename it
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(for istance in THINGICN.RSX) or delete it.
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- Drag and drop THINGICN.RSC from the appropriate source folder
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(..\LANGUAGE\THING.127\<COUNTRY>\THING\) to the destination folder.
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- Start THINGICON from the Icon edit either the Icon Edit menu entry
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or directly.
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- If the program doesn't start or complain for wrong/missing files
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repeat the procedure. If you still have problems, delete THINGICN.RSC
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and restore the former file.
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INSTALLATION OF THING'S HELP FILES (.HYP)
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Note first:
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- THING 1.29 HYP files are NOT AVAILABLE.
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- THING 1.27 HYP files are available in UK and DE only.
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- THING ICON MANAGER 1.10 HYP file is available in UK & DE.
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In the FreeMiNT distribution for the FireBee, the Hypertext guides (help
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documents) are located in C:\GUIDES. The THING ST-Guide for Thing 1.27
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(THING.HYP and THING.REF) is pre-installed, and you are not required to
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take further actions. The two available Hypertext guides are located:
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German : LANGUAGE\THING.127\DE\GUIDES\
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English : LANGUAGE\THING.127\UK\GUIDES\
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- First verify that ST-Guide is up and running;
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- Verify what <COUNTRY> HYP files are available in the <COUNTRY>\GUIDES
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subfolders.
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- Backup first THING.HYP and THING.REF files available in C:\GUIDES
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and Rename or delete them.
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- Drag & Drop the appropriate THING.HYP and THING.REF files from Source
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folder to C:\GUIDES.
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- Check if the HYP file are properly opened (i.e. via the Atari Keyboard
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HELP button or F11 key on Win-Aranym systems), or open it directly
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either with ST-Guide or Hypview.
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- If it doesn't work repeat this procedure or restore the original files.
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THIS IS IT!
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