Amiga Video Toaster
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Amiga Flyer
System Errors & Other Problems
Editor Not Loading
Product: Flyer
Platforms: 2000 3000 3000T 4000 4000T
Problem: When loading the Toaster,
or moving within the Toaster software modules, the
Editor fails to load, or seems to have unloaded, though
it was present before.
Note: the Editor is the portion
of the Toaster 4.1 software that allows you to assemble
projects. The Editor is present if you the row of command
buttons in the center of the Switcher screen, just
below the Project window: Delete, All, Clone, Tools,
Controls, the "VCR" buttons, Save, Programs,
Views. If these buttons are missing, the Editor (also
referred to as the "Sequencer", is not loaded.
Below are some low-memory situations that may prevent
you from running a Toaster program, or from performing
a memory-intensive operation within one.
System 4.1 makes quite a few demands on the chip RAM
and fast RAM in your Amiga computer. While it's important
to have enough total RAM, chip RAM can be critical.
In the situations described below, where you may not
have enough RAM to run a program, the probable cause
is that the Amiga's available chip RAM is low. (For
this reason, we recommend that Amiga 2000 owners with
a stock system consider the MegaChip 2000 product,
which will raise the chip RAM from 1MB to 2MB and alleviate
the problem.)
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On Startup: I see the Switcher but not the Editor.
In this case, which occurs during low-memory startup
situations, the Switcher appears on the bottom
half of the screen, but nothing appears on the
top half. Either an error occurred that kept the
Editor software from running, or there is not enough
chip memory available for the Editor to load.
Press Ctrl+L Alt+F10 to exit the software and
return to the Workbench.
Make sure that no other programs are running (especially
graphics-intensive programs like image processors).
Restart the Toaster/Flyer software. If it does
not load successfully this time, exit once again
and restart your Amiga (power down and back up),
then start Toaster/Flyer software again.
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Exiting a Toaster program: I see the Switcher
but not the Editor.
If you use one of the custom startups for System
4.1, the explanation is simple. Some of the custom
startup scripts keep the Editor from loading intentionally,
freeing up a goodly amount of Chip RAM. This leaves
more memory for the application you want to work
in. LWStart is one example of this.
If you exit a Toaster application and return to
the Switcher/Editor screen but the Editor is not
there, you can press a hotkey combination to load
it. Press F8 to load the Editor software atop the
Switcher.
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The Editor suddenly "went away".
Occasionally, a set of steps followed in a certain
order can cause the Editor software to shut itself
down (leaving the Switcher still on screen). (By
the way, if this happens, try to write down those
steps right away and report them to NewTek so that
we can verify and fix the problem.)
You can reload the Sequencer and continue to work
on the project you were editing without losing
any work, because the project remains in RAM (even
though the Sequencer exited). Just press F8 to
reload the Sequencer software. Your project will
reappear when the Sequencer reloads. At this point,
we recommend that you save the project under a
new name to be certain.
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