Congratulations on your new FireBee!
Before you start using your FireBee
Before you start using your FireBee you'll probably want to change some basic settings. All of the tools described below can
be found in the folder c:\mint\setup\.
Choose which desktop to use
With the tool sel_desk.prg you can select which desktop to use with FreeMiNT on your FireBee.
It comes with a selection of three desktops - Teradesk,
Thing! v1.27 and Thing! v1.29. Please note that Thing! v1.29 is a betaversion and has some bugs. It is also only available in German.
sel_desk.prg is automatically started the first time you boot your FireBee. If you want to switch
to an other desktop later on, you can easily do so with this tool.
Your desktop selection is stored in the configuration file c:\mint\desktop.cnf.
Change screen mode
Your FireBee boots by default into a standard VGA resolution. This means 640 by 480 pixels in 65536 colours.
You probably want to select a mode more appropriate to your monitor. The tool modes.prg presents a
list of all available screenmodes for you to choose between. If your monitor supports EDID, the monitor's native resolution is easily available as the "Best" screenmode.
This mode is selected by default.
Important! Please test the screenmode before you use it! If the test doesn't display a proper picture, don't use
the screenmode.
The screenmode is saved in the configuration file c:\mint\xa_video.cnf. If you by accident save a screenmode that your monitor doesn't support, you can boot to FireTOS or EmuTOS and delete this file.
Modify the network settings
The network settings in your FireBee is preconfigured to automatically connect to your network using the DHCP protocol. If your network is using this (most do), then you don't have to change anything.
If your network doesn't use DHCP, or you for some reason want to assign your FireBee a fixed address, you can launch the netconf.prg tool. This will allow you to choose between automatic (DHCP) and manual network configuration. If you use manual configuration, the tool will not let you
save the settings until all required fields are filled out and validated.
Note! The Firebee ethernet driver's device name is eth0.
Your network settings are saved in c:\mint\network.cnf. If you don't use networking at all, you can safely delete this file.
Select keyboard layout
FireTOS only supports a few languages. If your is not one of them, you may have to install or create a different keyboard layout. This can be done manually
or you can use the GEM tool KeyEdit which you can find in c:\mint\setup\.
Further readings
Please take a look in the folder c:\guides\ as well. There you will find documentation for many of the programs delivered with your FireBee.
News and support
News, updates and software downloads can be found at firebee.org. For assistance, discussions etc please visit the FireBee forum at atari-forum.com, or the mainly German FireBee forum at atari-home.de, or join the FireBee mailing list.
As well our development Blog at atari.org may be an interresting resource for you.
Your FireBee comes with 2 years warranty that is granted by our hardware producer Medusa Computer Systems. You can as well contact us at any time at our main mailadress acpinfo@atari.org.
firebee.org, 2012.