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<h1>Installing AMOS Professional</h1>
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<p>The AMOS Professional package contains this User Guide, an
accompanying Applications Supplement, your Registration Card and the
following floppy discs:</p>
<p><b>System disc</b> (AMOSPro_System:)<br>
The System Disc contains the bones, muscles, heart and soul of AMOS
Professional! All of the system libraries are held here, as well as
items such as communications devices, fonts and the installation
program.</p>
<p><b>Examples disc</b> (AMOSPro_Examples:)<br>
This disc is packed with hundreds of instant examples of AMOS
Professional in action. These files can be summoned up as you program,
via the superb AMOS Professional Help system.</p>
<p><b>Tutorial disc</b> (AMOSPro_Tutorial:)<br>
For detailed step-by-step examples on specialised subjects, the
Tutorial disc offers private tuition on a range of topics, including
animation, special effects, menus, Bobs and Sprites.</p>
<p><b>Accessories disc</b> (AMOSPro_Accessories:)<br>
This disc contains a full range of AMOS Professional Accessories.</p>
<p><b>Productivity discs 1 and
2 </b>(AMOSPro_Productivity1:,AMOSPro_Productivity2:)<br>
These discs feature complete AMOS Professional games and utilities. All
programs are fully annotated and ready for you to enjoy, explore and
adapt. Full details of these ready-made AMOS Professional programs are
contained in your Applications Supplement booklet.</p>
<section id="01-amos-professional-installation-procedure">
<h2>AMOS Professional Installation Procedure</h2>
<p>To prepare AMOS Professional ready for your exploitation and
enjoyment, the System Disc must be installed for all users, and other
features made accessible for hard disc users. This is very simple and
all instructions are displayed on screen, step by step. Here is an
outline of the installation procedure from a floppy disc:</p>
<p><b>Step One</b><br>
Take the disc labelled AMOSPro_System:, and make sure that it
is write-enabled. In other words, ensure that the tab at the top
right-hand corner of the disc is in the closed position, so that it
covers the small square hole. This will allow you to personalise your
copy of AMOS Professional, with your own name appearing on screen to
greet you.</p>
<p>If your Amiga is switched on, make sure that the drive light
is <b>not</b> illuminated, and take out any disc that may
be in the drive.
Switch <b>off</b> your computer and wait about twenty
seconds to let it clear
its memory and forget any bad habits that may be lurking there.</p>
<p>Place the write-enabled AMOS Professional System Disc into the
internal floppy drive, and switch on.</p>
<p><b>Step Two</b><br>
Sit back and enjoy the AMOS Professional animated musical
introduction! After a short pause, this screen fades and the next
screen appears.</p>
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<p><b>Step Three</b><br>
This is the Registration Screen, asking you to type in your first name
and last name, then click on the [OK] panel with the mouse.
<p>
<p>In this User Guide, whenever an option is referred to that
appears on the screen, waiting to be
selected, it is enclosed in square brackets on the printed page.</p>
<p>If you make a mistake when typing, you may insert your first
or last name again, and when both
names are entered correctly, trigger the [OK] button.</p>
<p>If for some reason this operation is unsuccessful, a screen
will appear advising you what to do.
Please make sure that you are using your <b>original</b> AMOS Professional
System Disc, and that it is
write-enabled before proceeding. If all else fails, and your disc drive
is opera ling correctly, and if the disc in the drive is the original
write-enabled System disc, then there must be a fault on the disc.
Please return it for a free re-duplication to:</p>
<p><b>AMOS Professional Customer Support</b><br>
Europress Software Ltd.<br>
Europa House<br>
Adlington Park<br>
Macclesfield<br>
SK10 4NP<br>
England<br>
Telephone: 0625 859 333 (UK), or +(44) 625 859 333 (International)
Fax: 0625 879 962 (UK), or +(44) 625 879 962 (international)</p>
<p>Fortunately, you are very unlikely to encounter a faulty disc,
and there should be no problems
in having your name accepted before proceeding to the next step.</p>
<p><b>Step Four</b><br>
The AMOS Professional registration screen appears, containing
your unique Registration Number. Write down this number <b>now</b>, and also
copy your Registration Number onto the following items:</p>
<ul>
<li>All of your original AMOS Professional disc labels.</li>
<li>The Registration Panel on the inside front cover of this User Guide.</li>
<li>Your AMOS Professional Registration Card. Please return this card to
Europress Software
(Freepost), and take full benefit of the AMOS Professional Customer
Support service, but
make sure that you have used AMOS Professional for at least <b>two weeks</b>
before doing so.
</li>
</ul>
<p>Remember to quote your unique Registration Number when
contacting Europress Software with any enquiries.</p>
<p>Click on the [OK] panel to reveal the next screen.</p>
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<p><b>Step Five</b><br>
This is the Installation Screen, and your System Disc will now
boot directly into AMOS
Professional. If you want to boot from floppy disc, press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Left Amiga</kbd>+<kbd>Right Amiga</kbd>
now. Hard disc users should continue as explained below.</p>
<p>In this User Guide, whenever you are asked to press a
particular key, the key is enclosed in
square brackets on the printed page. When two or more keys should be
pressed at the same
time, a plus sign is used to link the individual keys together. So to
boot AMOS Professional from
floppy disc now, you are asked to press the control key at the same
time as both of the special
Amiga keys that are either side of the space bar on your keyboard, or
<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Left Amiga</kbd>+<kbd>Right Amiga</kbd>.</p>
<p>Now is the time to fill in your Registration Numbers and <b>back
up your original AMOS Professional discs</b>. Making copies of discs is very simple,
using the AMOS Professional Disc
Manager utility, which is fully explained in Chapter 13.4.</p>
</section>
<section id="02-hard-disc-users">
<h2>Hard Disc Users</h2>
<p>With the Installation Screen still displayed, hard disc users
should click on the [OK] panel. The
start-up sequence is changed from running the Installer to running AMOS
Professional, but the
Installer can be recalled by double-clicking on its Workbench icon.</p>
<p><b>Step Six</b><br>
Hard Disc Users are taken to the AMOS Professional Hard Disc
Installation Screen. When this
appears, simply indicate which items you would like installed onto your
hard disc, and as each
item is selected, the appropriate number of kilobytes required will be
shown. You have the
option to [Quit] at this stage, in which case you will be returned to
the Workbench or CLI,
depending on how the Installer was booted. Otherwise, when the required
items have been
selected, click on [Install].</p>
<p><b>Step Seven</b><br>
If [Install] is chosen, a file selector appears, and you are
requested to select the device and
current path for the installation of AMOS Professional. After making
your selection, click on
[OK] to proceed to Step Eight of the Installation procedure.
Alternatively, the [Cancel] option
will return you to Step Six again.</p>
<p><b>Step Eight</b><br>
Everything is now automatic. If there is not enough memory
available on the selected device,
this fact will be reported. You will be returned to Step Six to make a
more modest selection.
Otherwise, a loading and saving sequence is displayed, consisting of an
Installation report for
each named file, in the form of a percentage figure and an animated bar.</p>
<p><b>Step Nine</b><br>
Once all files have been successfully installed on hard disc, a final
report is displayed, along with an option to [Quit].</p>
<p>The installation procedure will analyse what type of system it
is being installed onto
and will configure your AMOS Professional software appropriately.<br>
See <a href="13-01-configuration.html">Chapter 13.1</a> regarding these settings.</p>
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