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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.127 Archive-name: acorn/archives Last-modified: 30 November 1992 This is the regular list of archive servers that contain files related in any way to Acorn computers, i.e. the Atom, BBC, Electron, Archimedes and R-series, and maybe some even rarer types of machines. Mainly it's about the Archimedes, though. This list is maintained by Gerben Vos <gpvos@cs.vu.nl>. There is also a list with answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the Acorn newsgroups. It is called the "Comp.Sys.Acorn FAQ List Posting", and the maintainer is Philip Banks <banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz>. You should be able to find it at the same place where you found this article. Now back to this list. For every server, the name and the type of files it contains is indicated, along with its numeric address in the case of Internet ftp servers and Janet pads, and the email address of the maintainer, if known. Below that follows a list of the directories to look for with a short description of their contents. The Newcastle server is an exception to this rule, since it has only one big flat directory. Below the main list is a short section which tells you how to use some services on networks you aren't directly connected to, e.g. Internet ftp from Bitnet or Janet, and Janet connection from the Internet. Don't abuse these inter-network connection services, they are already being heavily used and someone might decide they're too overloaded and shut them down. Also, when requesting files from servers, always try to use a server that is as near as possible to you. And keep in mind that the people running these machines are doing you a favour, so don't abuse or over-use their services. The mail server in Newcastle is constantly being swamped by requests. Use an alternative, if possible. Changes since the last update: - Updated the info on many servers. - info-server@comp.vuw.ac.nz has been closed down. Users within New Zealand can use ftp to actrix.gen.nz instead. Legend: A=Archimedes, B=BBC/Electron/Master, T=Text documents, *=new items in store since last month ?=couldn't reach it, may be temporarily down FTP SERVERS: ============ [ABT]? actrix.gen.nz (192.100.53.17) (banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz, wright_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz) /files/archimedes/ acorn Acorn modules, files and news archivers Archiving utilities CLIutils Non Desktop utilities comms Communications applications demos Demos desktop Desktop utilities editors Editor applications educate Educational applications emulators PD emulators for the Arc fileutils File utilities fonts Fonts/font applications games Games graphics Graphical tools/utilities languages PD languages for the Arc sound Music/sound applications printutils Printer utilities progutils Programming utilities unix Unix ports to the Arc and any RiscIx stuff virus Virus killer programs /files/bbc/ archivers Archiving utilities comms Communications applications editors Editor applications educate Educational applications fileutils File utilities games Games graphics Graphical tools/utilities sound Music/sound applications printutils Printer utilities progutils Programming utilities This archive is *only* reachable from within New Zealand. It holds public domain software for all makes and types of Acorn machinery as well as the latest updates of release software from Acorn (Shared C Libraries and similar things). [A..] ftp.cs.kun.nl (131.174.33.1) (hans@cs.kun.nl) /pub/ArMaTuReS: ArMaTuReS (TeX) This is probably not the newest version. See also rusinfo and Newcastle. [..T] ftp.eu.net (192.16.202.1) (info-admin@eu.net) /newsarchive/comp/sources/acorn: Two months' worth of comp.sources.acorn [..T] ftp.nluug.nl (192.16.202.21) (info-admin@nluug.nl) /pub/newsarchive/comp/sources/acorn: Two months' worth of comp.sources.acorn [A..] ftp.uni-kl.de (131.246.9.95) (m_sattle@tangram.informatik.uni-kl.de) /pub/acorn/ acorn Acorn libraries applications Complete packages beginner Tar and ? demos Demos education Educational programs games Games and cheats incoming Upload directory packers Archivers sound Sound utilities tools Miscellaneous utilities viruskiller Virus killers and detectors [A..] ftp.uni-koeln.de (134.95.80.1) (archives@rrz.uni-koeln.de) /pub/thp/acorn: See ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de:/pub/acorn [A..] ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de (134.95.64.1) (archives@rrz.uni-koeln.de) /pub/acorn/ antivirus Anti-virus utilities archivers Archivers and decoders database Database programs desktoputils Desktop gadgets editors Editors fonts Fonts & font utilities fsutils Disk utilities & filing systems games Games graphics Graphics programs incoming Upload directory lang Languages, libraries and tips math Mathematical programs netutils BBS, terminal and UUCP programs sound Sounds utilities tex TeX distribution unixtools Many ported utilities & UnixLib [..T]* ftp.win.tue.nl (131.155.70.100) (rcpieter@win.tue.nl) /pub/usenet/ comp.sys.acorn: comp.sys.acorn archives comp.sys.acorn.advocacy: comp.sys.acorn.advocacy archives comp.sys.acorn.announce: comp.sys.acorn.announce archives comp.sys.acorn.tech: comp.sys.acorn.tech archives /pub/comp/sys/acorn.old: Old comp.sys.acorn archives [A..] isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp (130.54.20.1) (?) /.u2/oldnews/comp/binaries/acorn: comp.binaries.acorn archives /.u2/oldnews/comp/sources/acorn: comp.sources.acorn archives Unsure if these directories are still supported. [A..] isgate.is (130.208.165.63) (archive-management@isgate.is) /pub/Usenet.bin/comp.binaries.acorn comp.binaries.acorn archives [AB.] kermit.columbia.edu (128.59.39.2) (?) /kermit/ a: Kermit for BBC+Z80 second processor c: BBC Kermit and 65C02 assembler, and Kermit for the Cambridge Workstation [..T]? lcs.mit.edu (18.26.0.36) (?) /news/comp/binaries/acorn: A few days' worth of comp.binaries.acorn /news/comp/sources/acorn: A few days' worth of comp.sources.acorn /news/comp/sys/acorn: A few days' worth of comp.sys.acorn /news/eunet/micro/acorn: A few days' worth of eunet.micro.acorn [A.T]* metro.ucc.su.oz.au (129.78.64.2, 129.78.139.4) (s2105995@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au) /pub/archimedes: Archimedes programs /pub/archimedes/incoming: Upload directory. Largely a mirror of the Manchester archive. [AB.]* micros.hensa.ac.uk (148.88.8.84) (hensa@micros.hensa.ac.uk) /micros/arch/riscos/a: Archimedes programs /micros/arch/riscos/tools: UUDecode, Arc, SparkPlug2 /micros/bbc: 6502 programs /kermit/ ac: Kermit for the Cambridge Workstation ar: Kermit for the Archimedes (under Arthur) bbc: Kermit for BBC B, B+, B+128 and Master cp: Kermit for BBC+Z80 second processor [A..]? reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (192.48.107.50, 129.187.230.225) (ftp@e-technik.tu-muenchen.de) /public/GNU/News/gdb/acorn_arm: gdb (Acorn diffs only) [AB.]* rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) (scheurich@rus.uni-stuttgart.de, zrzm at ds0rus1i) /soft/acorn/ 6502/beginner: Hexadecimal encoder/decoder 6502/lang: Languages (Assembler and Small-C) minix: ARM-Minix riscix/unixtools/gnu/gdb: gdb (Acorn diffs only) riscos/antivirus: Virus killers riscos/archivers: Some archivers riscos/beginner: Some of the same and other archivers riscos/comm: Communication packages and utilities riscos/comm/msdos-disk: MS-DOS disk readers riscos/editors: Editors riscos/etc: Miscellaneous riscos/lang: Languages, libraries, debuggers riscos/maths: Mathematical programs riscos/problems: Programming problems & answers riscos/unixtools: Many ported Unix and GNU tools riscos/util: Utilities and fonts riscos/util/sys: System utilities /soft/incoming/acorn: Upload directory /soft/tex/machines/acorn/riscos/ oldtex: ArMaTuReS (TeX), old version texadditions: TeX-related files texupdate: Updates to the old version [.B.]* shiraz.ohm.york.ac.uk (144.32.136.36) (ian@ohm.york.ac.uk) /pub/BBC BBC programs /pub/BBC/Submissions Upload directory This is the archive of the BBC mailing list, bbc-list@ohm.york.ac.uk . [A..] titania.mathematik.uni-ulm.de (134.60.66.21) (borchert@mathematik.uni-ulm.de) /pub/soft/minix: ARM-Minix [AB.]? tolsun.oulu.fi (130.231.96.16) (?) /incoming/acorn: BBC and Archimedes software /pub/acorn: BBC and Archimedes software, ularn I can't log in to this one at the moment. [A..]* uts.mcc.ac.uk (130.88.200.3) (zzassgl@uts.mcc.ac.uk) /pub/riscos: Archimedes software /incoming/riscos: Upload directory All the software is public domain or shareware. Most of it has been archived with the !Spark 2 application. !SparkPlug 2 is available. MAIL SERVERS: ============= [...] info-server@comp.vuw.ac.nz (banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz, wright_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz) Closed down. Users within New Zealand can use ftp to actrix.gen.nz instead. [A..]* info-server@newcastle.ac.uk (Albert.Koelmans@newcastle.ac.uk) topic: archimedes Lots of Archimedes programs Don't be fooled by the short listing of this archive; it has been a close companion to the Acorn newsgroups for many years and often has the latest versions. It contains public domain software for ARM based systems (Archimedes, A3000, Rxxx etc), mainly put together from Usenet postings and private submissions. The info server is currently in danger of falling victim to its own popularity (it's mailing out over a gigabyte per month at the moment). Use an alternative, if possible, and coordinate your requests with others. Requests are of the form: line-limit 1000 request: sources topic: archimedes <filename> request: end An index is available under the filename "index". There is also an index of (ar)minix software available as "am_index", and a list of the last 50 files added to the archive as "tail_index". If you don't receive a reply, try including a Reply-To: line in your mail header, specifying your e-mail address (or edit your From: line). If that doesn't work, try specifying the domain part of your address in reverse order (e.g., gpvos@nl.vu.cs), or route it via a major Internet backbone, (e.g., gpvos%cs.vu.nl@mcsun.eu.net). Mailers in the UK generally get confused by addresses starting with "cs", which they think means "Czechoslovakia", but this can happen with any address which has a top level domain at both ends. [AB.]* archive-server@micros.hensa.ac.uk (hensa@micros.hensa.ac.uk) /micros/arch/riscos/a: See under "ftp servers". /micros/arch/riscos/tools: See under "ftp servers". /micros/bbc: See under "ftp servers". /kermit: See under "ftp servers". Requests are of the form: send <filename> You can obtain a help file using the single-word command "help". [AB.]* mail-server@rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (scheurich@rus.uni-stuttgart.de, zrzm at ds0rus1i) /soft/acorn: See under "ftp servers". /soft/incoming/acorn: See under "ftp servers". /soft/tex/machines/acorn: See under "ftp servers". Requests are of the form: [uuencode] # Only for binary files send <filename> [<filename>...] Use "send /soft/acorn/riscos/README" and "send /soft/acorn/HOW2TRANSFER" for more information and an index. There are many options, use "help" for a summary, or "send help" for a detailed description of the archive server. JANET FTP/TELNET/PADS: ====================== [AB.]* micros.hensa.ac.uk (numeric address 000010403000, login hensa) /micros/arch/riscos/a: See under "ftp servers". /micros/arch/riscos/tools: See under "ftp servers". /micros/bbc: See under "ftp servers". /kermit: See under "ftp servers". HOW TO REACH CERTAIN SERVICES ============================= If you can't use Internet ftp, there are servers which can do it for you. To find out how they work, send them a message containing just the word help. - ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com - bitftp@pucc.bitnet, or bitftp at pucc (only from within Bitnet) If you can't reach Janet telnet or pads from the Internet, try to use one of these access points by using telnet: - ruts2.runit.sintef.no (129.241.1.8) (press return to see the prompt) - sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (128.86.8.7) (login janet) Note that there is now a Janet IP service, through which Internet users can use most Janet ftp servers, at least HENSA. There are also two gateways i heard of for people on Janet who want to use Internet ftp, one of which also works in the reverse direction. They are: - sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (128.86.8.7) (login guestftp, password guestftp) - ft-relay.ac.uk (using hhcp from Janet) More information can be obtained from uk.ac.janet.news (for Internet users: telnet to sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (128.86.8.7), login as janet, and enter uk.ac.janet.news as hostname). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G e r b e n V o s <>< Aconet: 8500/104!Gerben Vos Internet: gpvos@cs.vu.nl Contrary to popular belief, the programmers at Acorn do know what they are doing. -- Nicko van Someren Xref: bloom-picayune.mit.edu comp.sys.acorn.announce:74 comp.sys.acorn:12758 news.answers:4638 Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.announce,comp.sys.acorn,news.answers Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!khantazi.welly.gen.nz!banksie From: banksie@khantazi.welly.gen.nz (Philip R. Banks) Subject: Comp.Sys.Acorn FAQ List Posting (Automatic) Message-ID: <1992Dec17.144917.7204@athena.mit.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.acorn Keywords: Frequent Questions Answers Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Nntp-Posting-Host: pit-manager.mit.edu Reply-To: banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz Organization: My Arc. Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:49:17 GMT Approved: announce@acorn.co.uk Lines: 917 Archive-name: acorn/faq Comp.Sys.Acorn FAQ List. Last alterations 10/Dec/1992 ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recent alterations :- -Minor fix to the Master 512 co-processor entry. -Question 20 added. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contained below is a list of the most commonly asked questions about Acorn machines in comp.sys.acorn. Before posting to comp.sys.acorn, if you are new to the group, check to see if your question(s) are already answered below. Corrections and/or additions to the list can be emailed to :- banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz And I'll try to add them as soon as possible.... When reading this FAQ List it is reccomended that you use a text editor if you are not interested in reading every question's answer. Each answer is seperated by a line of '-' characters. To find the answer you are interested in try searching for (in !Edit) "--\x0AQ##)" using Magic characters where ## is the question number you are interested in the answer to. This will leap directly to the answer. The posted sections of the FAQ is available from an email server at MIT. To request the FAQ from this server send an email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu. No subject is needed and the body should be :- send /pub/usenet/news.answers/acorn/faq Also stored there is Gerben Vos's Acorn Archive list. This can be obtained in a similar manner to the faq with the email body being :- send /pub/usenet/news.answers/acorn/archives Finally sections of this FAQ are stored in another email server to reduce bandwidth when posting it due to these sections being commonly asked but not quite often enough to warrant the continual posting. To obtain these sections from the email server send mail to the address 'banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz' with the subject (case and spelling important ignore the quotes.) "ServerMail". The body of the message should be of the form :- Start: [line-limit: <x lines per message>] Section: FAQData Send: <filename> End: All commands in the body of the message are case insensitive. The line-limit command is completely optional and multiple send commands are possible if you to request more than one file at a time. Please remember that this server is a) in Beta test. I only coded it recently and there may be some lurking bugs in it yet. & b) at the other end of a 2400 baud modem. Thus frivoulous requests for large files will not be appreciated. Also if you get the Subject lines case or spelling wrong that email will be sent to me instead of the server. Not unsurprisingly I probably won't be terribly appreciative to receive email server requests in my personal email section... Index of Questions ------------------ Q1) I have obtained [PD] program X but find it needs [version Y.YY of] module Z, which I don't have. Where can I get it? Q2) What version of module X can I assume that all users have? Q3) What's the minimum version of module X that my program needs? What features were introduced/what bugs were fixed in which versions? Q4) I have had problems with my printer. It's a dot matrix printer, when printing graphics or a document, it sometimes mangles a line of output, usually printing a $ sign, too. Q5) Why have there been no postings to comp.{binaries,sources}.acorn recently? Q6) What archives/FTP sites are available? Q7) How can I protect against viruses? Q8) Where can I obtain !Killer? Q9) What is a VIDC enhancer? Will I need one for my new multisync monitor? Q10) What are the main new features of RISC OS 3? Q11) How do I enable solid drags in Risc OS 3? Q12) What kind of Acorn machines are there? Q13) What are the memory limits of the Acorn machines? Q14) What is a second processor and what second processors are there? Q15) Are there any cards for IBM PC or compatable machines that Acorn have produced? Q16) What configuration of cable should I use on my Arc for modem work? Q17) Can PC VGA Monitors be added to an Archimedes? Q18) What is ADFSBuffers and what is the best setting for it? Q19) What is the current File-type allocation ranges and why won't Acorn provide a full file-type list? Q20) My disc gives me a 'Broken Directory' or my Free Space Map is corrupt, what can I do? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q1) I have obtained [PD] program X but find it needs [version Y.YY of] module Z, which I don't have. Where can I get it? All patch modules and current versions of Clib and its ilk are sited on the NZ info-server and can be obtained from there. Ideally your local dealer will also have copies of them too and you should be able to obtain them from them. (If they don't you may like to pass on the ones from the info-server if you request them, so that they are up to-date.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q2) What version of module X can I assume that all users have? Currently the version numbers are :- Clib v3.75 Colours v0.52 FPEmulator v2.80 IRQUtils v0.12 Hourglass v2.02 Sound v1.13 WimpUtils v0.04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q3) What's the minimum version of module X that my program needs? What features were introduced/what bugs were fixed in which versions? These details will come with the release notes accompanying the module. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q4) I have had problems with my printer. It's a dot matrix printer, when printing graphics or a document, it sometimes mangles a line of output, usually printing a $ sign, too. Get your dealer to carry out Field Change Order XXX (which corrects the problem). Or if you are competant enough do it yourself like this :- 1) Remove the circuit board from the computer. 2) Locate and identify resistor R24. Cut the leg of R24 closest to IC9, and carefully move the free end of R24 away from the adjacent resistor. Secure R24 to the PCB with adhesive (for example Loctite TAC PAC), leaving the free end of R24 available for soldering. 3) Prepare new IC (74HC14) by: Removing pins 5,6,8,9,10,11,12 and 13 Lift pins 1 and 4 ready to solder leads Lift pins 2 and 3, and solder them together 4) Position new IC onto IC15 piggyback fashion so that pin 1 of the new IC is directly above pin 1 of IC15. Solder pins 7 and 14 of the new IC to pins 7 and 14 of IC15. 5) Solder thin insulated lead from pin 1 of the new IC to the free end of R24. Solder a second insulated lead from pin 4 of the new IC to the vacated pad of R24. Keep these leads as short as possible, and secure them to the PCB with adhesive. 6) Reassemble the computer and check operation of the printer port. The 74HC14 IC is widely available.........(Acorns part No).... Please note that it is particularly important that a profile of this modification is kept as low as possible, to ensure that there is no fouling of the modification on any podules that may be fitted to the computer. Be warned that modifying your Archimedes invalidates the warranty on it and should preferrably be carried out by an Acorn sanctioned technician. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q5) Why have there been no postings to comp.{binaries,sources}.acorn recently? The moderators run c.b.a and c.s.a in their spare time. They may not have any at the moment - they're studying hard at University. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q6) What archives/FTP sites are available? See the regular (fortnightly) posting by Gerben Vos. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q7) How can I protect against viruses? Acorn have produced a program called !Killer, which is the definitive means of checking for or killing viruses. See the next question. There are also a few PD programs around, but these tend to detect only a small subset of the viruses in circulation. !VKiller used to be OK, but it is no longer maintained, is now seriously out of date and fails to work under Risc OS 3. Out of the PD virus utilities the current best is Tor Houghton's Scanner. This detects most known virues and removes quite a few as well and serves as a good secondary defense if Killer is unavailable to you. Scanner should be available on various FTP/Email servers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q8) Where can I obtain !Killer? It is now a commercial product and will be distributed by Pineapple Software. Who can be reached at:- 39 Brownlea Gardens, Seven Kings, Ilford, ESSEX IG3 9NL Tel. +44 (81) 599 1476 Fax +44 (81) 598 2343 Early versions (up to 1.26) are PD, but should not be used now as they are ineffective against the new crop of virus that have subsequently appeared since it's release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q9) What is a VIDC enhancer? Will I need one for my new multisync monitor? A VIDC enhancer is basically a clock change for your VIDC. Most Arcs (bar the A5000 and the A540) have 24 MHz VIDC chips installed in them. A VIDC enhancer increases this to 36 MHz allowing much higher resolution screen modes to be displayed on your Arc. (800x600x16 or SVGA standard becomes available.) You do *not* need one to use a Multisync monitor - the standard VIDC handles that just fine. However having a VIDC enhancer is only really useful if you do have a Multi-sync monitor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q10) What are the main new features of RISC OS 3? Most of the features of Risc OS 3 are behind the scenes stuff for programmers, improving the program to OS interfaces. However there are quite a few improvements to the user interface :- * Multitasking Filer operations. Copying, moving, and deleting files no longer takes control away from the user. The user can now go on using the computer while the filing operations are taking place. * Multitasking Format/Verify/Backup These operations, which used to take a long time on RISC OS 2.00 are now performed in the background, enabling the user to continue and make other use of the computer while they are taking place. * Multitasking Free space display. The free space display for floppy and hard discs now gives a continuous view of the free space on the disc while the computer is being used. * Additional Filer operations. It is now possible to search for a file, set a file's type, and date stamp a file from the Filer menu. * Applications in ROM. Improved versions of many of the main applications that were provided on disc with RISC OS 2.00 are now resident in ROM. These applications can be accessed using the Apps icon on the left hand side of the icon bar. * Automatic starting of applications Any of the ROM applications can be set to start automatically when the computer is powered on. * Fonts in ROM Many of the fonts that were provided on disc with RISC OS 2.00 are now resident in the RISC OS 3 ROM. * No limit on number of open windows. There is no longer a limit on the number of windows that can be opened at once. * Ability to move windows off screen. Windows can now be moved partly off screen, to increase the usable screen space. * Desktop saving Ability to save the computer's state and restore it when the user next uses the machine.