# Preferences and Configuration dialog box

The Preferences dialog box lets you set up Debugger preferences and download a flash ROM into your 3DO Station. This section explains how to use the dialog box listing:

- Preferences dialog pop-ups
- Preferences dialog Configuration checkboxes

Figure 1: Preferences and Configuration dialog box.

## Preferences dialog pop-ups

The following table lists all pop-up menus in the Preferences dialog and explains how to use them. Note that you can download a Flash ROM with the ROM option

    Table 1:  Debugger Preferences pop-up menus.
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    Item                 |Description
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    Target               |Lets you choose among several 3DO
                         |Stations or between a 3DO Station
                         |and a 3DO Development Card,
                         |depending on what's hooked up to
                         |your Macintosh.
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    ROM                  |Lets you change modes, download a
                         |new system ROM, or download a new
                         |Font ROM.
                         |* Debuggerenables Debugger mode
                         |* Flashenables the ROM currently
                         |in flash ROM (disabled for 3DO
                         |Developers' Card)
                         |* Download Systemprompts for a
                         |system ROM image to download
                         |(disabled for 3DO Developers'
                         |Card)
                         |* Download Fontprompts for a font
                         |ROM image to downloadIf you are
                         |running in stand-alone mode using
                         |one ROM file and then want to
                         |switch to using the other ROM
                         |file, you need to select Debugger
                         |mode in between.
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    Video                |Lets you choose between NTSC and
                         |PAL using a pop-up menu.
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     RAM                 |Lets you set available memory (3DO
                         |Station only). You have the
                         |following choices:
                         |* Standard2 MB DRAM and 1 MB VRAM
                         |* Maximumall available memory
                         |(stock stations/cards have 2/2)
                         |* Minimum1/1 (probably never used)
                         |* Minimum-VRAMuses the maximum
                         |available memory for DRAM and 1 MB
                         |for VRAM
                         |* Minimum-DRAMuses the maximum
                         |available memory for VRAM and 1 MB
                         |for DRAM
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    Font ROM enabled     |Enables the second flash ROM for
                         |use as a Kanji font ROM.
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    FMV enabled          |Currently not implemented.
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    Script               |Lets you select a script to
                         |execute and makes that script part
                         |of the Preferences.
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    Prefs                |Lets you select a Preferences file
                         |and makes that file part of the
                         |Preferences.
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## Preferences dialog Configuration checkboxes

The following table lists all check boxes available in the Preferences window:

    Table 2:  Preferences dialog check boxes
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    Check box            |Description
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    Auto-Launch Script   |Automatically executes the script
                         |you ran last. To initially select
                         |a script, use the Script button in
                         |the Preferences dialog. If you
                         |don't, you will be prompted for a
                         |script to execute.
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    Initial Breakpoint   |Sets a breakpoint before executing
                         |the operating system files.
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    Soft Breakpoint      |Check this option to stop at
                         |breakpoints indicated by the
                         |Debugger() command.
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Hard Breakpoint      |Check this option to stop at
                         |breakpoints indicated by the
                         |Breakpoints() command.
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    Initial Task         |Sets a breakpoint before main() of
    Breakpoint           |the debugged task.
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    CD Emulation         |Check this option when working
                         |with a cdrom.image file generated
                         |by the layout tool. The Debugger
                         |introduces delays to better
                         |simulate transfer rate.
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    C++ Support          |Provides rudimentary C++ support
                         |by using name unmangling. Don't
                         |check this option unless you are
                         |using C++, symbol lookups are much
                         |slower.
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    Progress System Beeps|By default, the Macintosh sounds
                         |an alarm each time a prompt is
                         |sent to the Terminal window. This
                         |checkbox turns off that sound.
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    Target Command       |Used in conjunction with ARIA
    Priority             |requests when the Debugger is in
                         |the background. This checkbox will
                         |be removed in the future.
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