Introducing the Amiga 500 communicate directly to the AmigaDOS via the keyboard using the CU (Com mands Line Interface), which is described in Chapter 7. If you don't want to use the Workbench system of menus and icons, you can Amiga items as well. For more details on how the Amiga icon-driven system works, sec Chapters 3, 4. 5 and 6. known as the Workbench, which incorporates menus and windows and oilier information). In working with the Amiga, you will often be using a software tool one or more windows (i.e.. discrete areas of the display that can accept or display selection involves the display of a menu (a list of options), from which you can choose the appropriate item.
The display and selection process may also involve identify some item or function that you want to select. In some cases the arrow) around the display screen to point to icons (i.e., small pictures) that terms, this means that you use the mouse to move a pointer (shaped like a small The Amiga 500 is a windowliconlrnouselmenuipointer type system. In general How the Amiga Works