Is there a way to use GSPlus on Windows 10 (and stil have access to IIGS Control Panel?)
Thanks
I can't find a way to get to the IIGS Control Panel when running GSPlus on Windows 10..... Alt is OpenApple but on Windows 10, Alt+ESC is a hotkey for switching programs. So Control-Alt+ESC is intercepted and doesn't get sent to GSPlus. Crtrl+ESC is already a hotkey for bringing up the Windows start menu, so using F1 as a substitue for OpenApple also doesn't work.
Is there a way to use GSPlus on Windows 10 (and stil have access to IIGS Control Panel?)
Thanks
--- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113Is there a way to use GSPlus on Windows 10 (and stil have access to IIGS Control Panel?)
ThanksOther methods:
Holding Option by itself on startup to enter the Control Panel.
Booting into GSOS gives access to the control panel under the rainbow apple.
All control panel settings are changeable through the Battery RAM using the MISCELLANEOUS Tools call even under Prodos 8.
The two most changed settings in the control panel are usually the screen colors and the speed. Both can be accessed by directly storing certain values to certain softswitches.
On 2020-12-29 12:00 p.m., paul.s.m...@gmail.com wrote:--- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
I can't find a way to get to the IIGS Control Panel when running GSPlus on Windows 10..... Alt is OpenApple but on Windows 10, Alt+ESC is a hotkey for switching programs. So Control-Alt+ESC is intercepted and doesn't get sent to GSPlus. Crtrl+ESC is already a hotkey for bringing up the Windows start menu, so using F1 as a substitue for OpenApple also doesn't work.
Is there a way to use GSPlus on Windows 10 (and stil have access to IIGS Control Panel?)
Thanks
Ctrl-F1-F3 will open the classic control panel. F1 is an alternate key
for Open-Apple and F3 is an alternate key for ESC.
Thanks, yes the Control Panel NDA is always a good option, but I do have CDA's I like to use and I don't seem have a way to get to them in GSPlus under Windows until I solve this.
On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 11:35:40 AM UTC-6, paul wrote:--- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
Thanks, yes the Control Panel NDA is always a good option, but I do have CDA's I like to use and I don't seem have a way to get to them in GSPlus under Windows until I solve this.Ah! You want access to the Desk Accessories menu and not just the Control Panel.
I have also been trying to access the DA menu from a program, without having to press OA-CTRL-ESC as well.
I get lost in the GS ROM and have not found the address to enter the DA menu yet.
Maybe someone more skilled at following GS code can help?
Thanks, yeah the F3 alternative is oddly missing from GSPlus (it is
present in GSPort). I prefer GSPlus over GSPort for a variety of
reasons but this is a real blocker -- I am surprised, given the
lineage of GSPlus, that nobody has raised this before (maybe so many
of use prefer Mac to Windows?)
On 2020-12-30 12:37 p.m., paul.s.m...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, yeah the F3 alternative is oddly missing from GSPlus (it is
present in GSPort). I prefer GSPlus over GSPort for a variety of
reasons but this is a real blocker -- I am surprised, given the
lineage of GSPlus, that nobody has raised this before (maybe so many
of use prefer Mac to Windows?)
I tested it it GSPlus to make sure I remembered it correctly before I
posted.
I then checked to see if I was running an older version and it turns out
I've got v0.13 installed. I downloaded v0.14 and tried it out and it
looks like F3 has been made into a screen shot key.
Windows already has the ability to take screen shots so I don't need a
key to do it. I looked at the v0.14 Change Log and didn't see anything
I need in it so I think I'll keep using v0.13 for now.
The plot thickens.... I have now observed on Mac and Windows versions that in version 0.14, the "[" and "]" keys are reversed!!! So typing "char array[10]" will produce "char array]10[" . Not a good feature on a keyboard for a C programmer.
Maybe I'll have to go back to GSPort which doesn't seem to have these issues (but runs MUCH slower on my Windows PC, and the full-sceen mode doesn't work....)
-Paul
OTOH, every now and then I'll run Bernie on my old PPC Mac under
Classic, and don't need to use any special replacement keys. And even on >that G3 (1GHz) machine, Bernie runs at 160 MHz, which is pretty
impressive considering that Bernie is over 20 years old.
Is there a way to use GSPlus on Windows 10 (and stil have access to IIGS Control Panel?)
CLC
XCE
REP #30
LDX #1105
JSL E10000
SEC
XCE
RTS
--- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113Is there a way to use GSPlus on Windows 10 (and stil have access to IIGS Control Panel?)You don't say under which OS you want to access the control panel under, but here is a quick way under Prodos8 or DOS 3.3.
CLC
XCE
REP #30
LDX #1105
JSL E10000
SEC
XCE
RTS
Note: This does not preserve the text screen, so will have to capture and restore text screen if needed.
Slightly tweaked:
CALL -151
800: 18 FB C2 30 A2 05 11 22 00 00 E1 38 FB E2 30 60
BSAVE DOCDA, A2048, L16
After a further test, it looks like the m,x bits do get set to 1 with SEC XCE which is normal for emulation mode.Slightly tweaked:
CALL -151I wasn't sure if the m,x bits of the processor register get automatically reset to zero with SEC XCE. Good to know they don't.
800: 18 FB C2 30 A2 05 11 22 00 00 E1 38 FB E2 30 60
BSAVE DOCDA, A2048, L16
Slightly tweaked:
CALL -151I wasn't sure if the m,x bits of the processor register get automatically reset to zero with SEC XCE. Good to know they don't.
800: 18 FB C2 30 A2 05 11 22 00 00 E1 38 FB E2 30 60
BSAVE DOCDA, A2048, L16
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