Configuring Workbench and AmigaOS

AmigaOS and the Workbench comes with a suite of program preferences to adjust Sound, Graphics, Text, Display, Font settings and more.

The Save/Use/Test concept

Buttons at the bottom of the preferences programs

In AmigaOS you can modify some settings and test them without storing the modifications on disk. This is very handy because you can modify a lot of settings but you can always go back very easily to your saved configuration. You don't need to keep a list of all the changes you do and there is no fear you break something. When you want to cancel all your tests, just restart the system and you automatically restore the previous (correct) settings. This way it's up to the user to decide when the settings will be saved. The operating system will never store modifications by itself.

To reflect this mechanism all preferences programs have the following 4 buttons (if possible):

• Save

This will save on disk the current settings so they will become permanent. The preferences program will also close.

• Use

When you click this button, the current settings will be applied on the system but not saved on disk. The preferences program will also close.

• Test

This button will apply the current settings but the program will stay open. This way you can immediately see the result of your settings and you can modify them again and do another test.

• Cancel

This will cancel any modification you did since the program was opened. Changes will be reverted and the program will close.

List of all the preferences programs you can use

AHI (Audio Hardware Interface) - Allows for control over the audio functions of your Amiga

AmigaInput - Setup for gamepads and joysticks

ASL - Allows for control over file requesters

Compatibility - Manages the 68K Just-in-time compiler settings

Console - Controls the settings for the Amiga Shell

DefIcons - Interface to allow behaviour of default icons

DOS - Manages DOS settings

Font - Controls Font selection for Workbench, Screens, and Windows

GUI - Used to control the look and feel of various elements of the AmigaOS 4 interface

Input - Controls the settings for the keyboard and mouse

Internet - Contains settings for the computer's network connections

Locale - Sets the user's preferred languages

Notifications - Controls the behaviour of Ringhio, the AmigaOS 4.1 pop-up notification system

Palette - Allows the user to adjust certain colours used for some on-screen elements

Picasso96Mode - Advanced controls for creating and modifying graphics modes

Pointer - Allows editing of the mouse pointer's image

PopupMenu - Settings controlling the look and behaviour of the system's pop-up menus

Printer -

PrinterGfx -

PrinterPS -

ScreenBlanker - Preferences for the system's screen saver / screen blanker

ScreenMode - Settings for screen resolution and colour depth

Screens - Allows the setting up and control of custom screens for applications

Serial - Sets the default settings for the serial port

Time - Allows the user to set the system's time and date

Timezone - Allows the user to set their current timezone and Daylight Saving Time preferences

UBoot - Advanced settings concerning the computer's initial booting system

USB - Contains USB preferences and information

WBPattern - Settings for the background of the Workbench screen and directory windows

WBStartup - Controls which programs are launched when Workbench starts

Workbench - Settings which control certain aspects of the Workbench's behaviour