ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIMA NEWSLETTER APRIL 1989
 
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ CHANGING MULTIPLAN DEFAULTS  
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^by Charles Good 
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Lima Ohio User Group 
      
      SCREEN COLORS:  
     To most people background and text colors are a matter of
personal preference, and those that normally appear when
Multiplan is first booted are quite acceptable.  However, to
users of black and white TVs or to Geneve or AVPC users with 80
column monochrome monitors, changing screen colors can make a big
difference in screen legibility.  Upon powering up the Multiplan
module and before pressing <ENTER> to boot the Multiplan system
disk, screen colors can be changed by pressing the space bar
several times.  The first press does nothing.  Subsequent presses
cycle through a set of predetermined colors.  One of these
predetermined color combinations is black on white, which is
usable with monochrome monitors. 
     Multiplan powerup and "spacebar" color combinations are
determined by the module and not by the Multiplan system disk.
Thus, the only way to permanently alter the powerup color
combinaton is to use a gram device such a P-Gram card or a Gram
Kracker.  These all allow you to dump the Multiplan module to
disk.  The powerup color combination is at byte >D1 of the first
sector of the highest numbered Multiplan module disk file (the
file that ends with the number 4).  If you load the unmodified
Multiplan module files into a gram device and then use the
device's memory editor, the memory location to change is g60CB.
Changing either of these to "F1" will produce a white on black
display that is perfect for monochrome monitors.  
      
      DATA DRIVE NUMBER:  
     As Multiplan is initially set up, you are expected to use
DSK1 for both the system disk and your data disks, switching
disks as needed.  Instructions on page 13 of the Multiplan manual
tell you how to temporarily change the data disk drive to DSK2 or
DSK3.  This can be made permanent by using a sector editor (DISK
PATCH of Funnelweb, or Birdwell's Disk Utilities are good for
this) to change the second sector of the MPINTR file on the
system disk.  In ASCII look for "DSK1" and change the 1 to
the drive number you desire for use by your data disk. 
      
      PRINTER NAME:  
     The original Multiplan system disk, when it is unpacked from
the Multiplan box, sets Multiplan up for use by the TI impact
priner, whose name starts with RS232.  The only way I know to
change this printer name to PIO (or something else) is to use a
sector editor and edit the same sector that is mentioned above
(second sector of MPINTR disk file).  Look in ASCII for text that
starts with RS232.  Change this to PIO and delete the rest of the
original printer name with spaces. 
     .PL 1