This software is to be considered as GIFTWARE. If you use this program all I ask is that you send me a gift (e.g. a postcard of your home town/country, money, etc.).
This software can be freely distributed provided that no charge is made for it and that all of the files are included and remain unaltered (archiving of the files is allowed). PD houses are permitted to charge a minimal fee to cover any costs and overheads provided that no more than £2.50 is charge per copy (including postage and packaging).
Magazines and CD-ROM publishers are permitted to include this software on any of their coverdisks or CDs, although I ask that you contact me first to ensure that you have the latest version.
About Reboot
Reboot is a utility which allows the user to reboot their system via a menu command (as opposed to using CTRL-AMIGA-AMIGA). The user is then asked to confirm if they want to continue with the reboot.
Reboot was originally written as a replacement to similar programs that reboot your system, but also offer the user a requester to confirm if they actually want to reboot. No more losing your work because you rebooted my mistake!
Requirements
Reboot should run under any Amiga (or compatible) set-up with AmigaOS 2.0 or later, although there are plans to make it AmigaOS 3.0+ only. I cannot say for sure though if it will run properly under AmigaOS 2.0 as I am unable to test Reboot with this version of AmigaOS. It definitely runs okay under AmigaOS 3.0+.
This software has been tested to work on the following set-ups:-
- An unexpanded Amiga 1200 with AmigaOS 3.0 and 3.1.
- An Amiga 1200 with AmigaOS 3.0 and 3.1, 8 meg of Fast RAM and a Blizzard 1230-IV.
- An Amiga 1200 with AmigaOS 3.1 and 3.5, 64 meg of Fast RAM, BlizzardPPC 603e/240MHz and 68040/25MHz and a BlizzardVisionPPC 8 meg 3D graphics board.
Installation
To install Reboot simply double-click on the "Install Reboot" icon. This should install the program to the "SYS:WBStartup" drawer. You will now need to either reboot your machine or go into your WBStartup drawer and double-click on the Reboot icon. In future releases the install procedure will automatically load the program.
Instructions for use
Assuming that the installation process went okay, to activate Reboot, go to the Workbench "Tools" menu (located on the pull-down menu strip) and select "Reboot system". You will then be presented with a requester with two options.
(1) Reboot - Causes the system to reboot.
(2) Cancel - Cancels the request to reboot the system.
Acknowledgements
The icons used are from the AmigaOS 3.5 CD-ROM.
The Reboot logo was rendered using CandyFactoryPPC 0.54b.
The green border used in this document was taken from the Under Construction web resources CD.
Contacting the author
If you have any suggestions for improvements or bug reports then please send them to:
fgloch@yahoo.com
or alternatively:
Francis G. Loch,
c/o Cardiovascular Physics Group,
Room 28, 4th Floor,
Queen Elizabeth Building,
Glasgow Royal Infirmary,
Glasgow,
Scotland,
United Kingdom,
G31 2ER.
Check out my website for updates for Reboot and other programs by me at:
www.geocities.com/fgloch
