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- %OP%VS4.13 (28-Apr-92), Gerald L Fitton, R4000 5966 9904 9938
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- %C%%H1%Booting up the hard disc
- %C%By Jonathan A I Brown
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- Having recently acquired Pipedream 4, and with it a copy of the May '92
- PipeLine 4 disc, I read with interest the articles on booting up the
- hard disc by Gerald L Fitton and Bill Foyster. Having also recently
- acquired an Acorn A4 (Yes, one of them), it is interesting to note that
- RISC OS 3 provides an automatic boot function, from the task manager
- icon, which allows you to save a desktop boot file. However, on my
- humble A440/1, I did not have this useful facility. Instead I used a
- hard disc booting routine written by Ben Summers (which is Public
- Domain), which I customised to give me a total of four different start
- up routines, the choice depending on what button is held down (if any)
- on start up or CTRL-Break. Within my !Boot application directory -
- which works just as well as just one file - I have the following files:
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- NB: The spelling checker is a little impractical on the A4 - simply due
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- I also use !End to shutdown the computer after a session - once again
- RISC OS 3 makes this redundant - CTRL-Shift-f12 does the same job
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- !RunImage
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- That's about it really. I have also included a few of the public
- domain applications I find useful. These are not necessarily the
- latest versions, but they're what I've got!
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- Incidentally, if you haven't got on already, get an Acorn A4 as soon as
- possible (try Watford Electronics - that's where I got mine - they were
- also the most helpful of the companies I tried) as it is a stupendous
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- The original version of !Boot can be found in the directory
- 'HDBoot'. My customised version is in the directory 'My
- !Boot'. !End is in the directory 'Programs'.
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- !Boot
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- Default start up file (no mouse buttons pressed)
- Runs Boot files
- Runs a VDUSaver
- Runs a hotkey screensave utility
- Runs the !Joystick (joystick manager)
- Runs various desktop applications including:
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- And finally... Runs a special message file so I don't have
- to keep giving the same verbal messages to other users
- As for StartUp_0 except instead of the games it loads in a
- printer driver.
- Boots up the disc in drive 0 in such a way as to minimalise
- crashes - very useful for playing games!
- As for StartUp_0 except with no games and a load of
- miscelaneous programs for my 'perfect desktop'!
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- Using a | at the beginning of a line is equivalent to REM.
- Using { > null: } after a command directs all screen output
- for that command to null: ie nowhere! - useful for getting
- rid of unwanted screen messages.
- To get spaces in file names use the left hand alt key and
- the numeric keypad and type ALT 1 6 0.
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- The full treatment - leave the computer switched on at your
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- Jonathan A I Brown (31/7/92)
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- Standard virus innoculated boot file.
- The original !Boot !Help file (© Ben Summers).
- Controls which configuration is used.
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- ) !Run_? executes a *Desktop -file StartUp_? if
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- Sprite file
- Hourglass module
- Serial Port Joystick Interface - makes the
- joystick act like a mouse.
- Sets up <Boot$Config>
- Detects the state of the mouse buttons.
- My own personalised ultra-large screen mode.
- See above (? = 0/L/M/R)
- Sets up WimpMode
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- !Trash
- !Alarm
- !VKiller
- !Warfarin
- Plus a few games
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- Trash can utility
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- Virus detection program
- Emulates mouse with cursor keys
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