mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) (10/22/87)
After looking at the TimeSaver manual, I have discovered that it is indeed possible to have commands such as "mount vd0:" execute first. The feature that sends a ^D after a keyboard reset can be disabled. In that case, TimeSaver still waits for n seconds, then sends the DATE command to the CLI as usual. The CLI executes the DATE command immediately after finishing the startup-sequence. If some of the things you do in your startup-sequence are dependent on the date, but you still need to mount vd0: first, you can do the following. Instruct TimeSaver not to send the break signal, and set up your startup-sequence file only to execute the mount vd0: instruction (or whatever has to be done first). Then set up TimeSaver to send the date, followed by a macro saying "execute s:post-startup-sequence". Put the rest of your startup-sequence commands in post-startup-sequence. When the Amiga is reset, it will execute startup-sequence, which contains the operation that has to be done first. Then TimeSaver will set the date and execute post-startup-sequence, which contains the rest of the things you wanted to do upon bootup. Alternatively, you might wish to put all of the things you wanted to do upon bootup after setting the time in a TimeSaver macro. So the final word is that TimeSaver need not interfere with anything you do upon bootup. It really is a slick little product. --M Michael Portuesi / Carnegie-Mellon University ARPA/UUCP: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu BITNET: rainwalker@drycas (a uVax-1 run by CMU Computer Club) "Boys living next door are never what they seem" --Bananarama, "Robert DeNiro's Waiting"