P96 and CGX on one install - advice on finetuning

[Flashlab]

I've been experimenting with this today and I found out that when I install both P96 and CGX4 they can exist alongside. This far no weird problems when you just use the correct monitor files. CGX emulation in P96 works and all PIV specific programs for the Paloma work too. CGX4 with W3D on the CVision works fine too. So when booting I have P96 with the PicassoIV and I want to use CGX4 only with the CV-PPC.

So switching monitor files around works. No need to do the same for the libs.

Now I'd like to automate this:

I want to script this in the Startup-sequence. I know some of the commands but is there a move command to move file from a location to the other or do I have to copy and delete for that?

Next up is how to make the choice in the s-s. I'd like to make it so that you have to press a button within a certain time frame or else the system defaults to P96. You have to press a key or mouse button to boot CGX.

Finally there the problem of the screenmode. When you switch graphics system the screenmode resets to AGA. Is there a way to have the screenmodes copied also?

[itix]

Next up is how to make the choice in the s-s. I'd like to make it so that you have to press a button within a certain time frame or else the system defaults to P96. You have to press a key or mouse button to boot CGX.

There are dozens of s-s selector utils at Aminet, one of them is my Kill68k which I wrote for easy MorphOS booting but is also suitable as startup-sequence selector.

[Flashlab]

Ok the last problem can be solved by making two copies of screenmode.prefs in the env-archive; one for P96 and one for CGX. When you switch monitor files also replace the screenmode.prefs in the env-archive with the appropiate RTG system one.

I thinking now of a script that does all this and the reboots the Amiga.

[keropi]

itix wrote:
There are dozens of s-s selector utils at Aminet, one of them is my Kill68k which I wrote for easy MorphOS booting but is also suitable as startup-sequence selector.

interesting tool, gonna use it me thinks  :-D

[Matt_H]

I want to script this in the Startup-sequence. I know some of the commands but is there a move command to move file from a location to the other or do I have to copy and delete for that?

The Rename command serves to move files. IE,

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rename dh1:games/myfile dh0:myfile will move it. There should also be a dedicated move command somewhere on Aminet.

[Flashlab]

Thanks guys!

I have made a script that switches the RTG systems from WB and then reboots. It works like a charm! Now I just need a monitor switcher or dual input monitor!