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- 07/08/94
- The Acorn PC Emulator package provides an emulation of a 4.77MHz 8088 based
- IBM PC. We have often received requests for information concerning the
- programs available that will run under the PC Emulator. Some readers may
- remember that we requested your help in producing a compatibility list based
- on your experiences with the PC Emulator. However, we now are able to supply
- a comprehensive list of software ( including in the majority of cases
- version numbers) that works under the PC Emulator by kind permission of
- John Eden and Archive magazine. The list can be obtained either from SID or
- by sending an A4 SEA to Acorn's Customer Services department.
-
- Also on the subject of the PC Emulator, users new to the MS DOS environment
- may want to make a working backup of their MS DOS disc before proceeding
- further. This is easily done once the machine is running under the PC
- Emulator. With your MS DOS disc in drive 0 type the command 'diskcopy A: B:'
- followed by return. MS DOS will pretend that your computer has two floppy
- drives if this is not the case, and keep track of the discs for you. The
- computer will prompt you for the source disc which is already in the drive
- so just hit the space bar. When you are prompted for the target disc you are
- allowed to use a previously unformatted disc which will be formatted whilst
- copying.
-
- Customer Services still receives a number of enquiries from Model B owners
- who are having problems running a particular piece of software. In the
- majority of cases the problem is caused by old versions of either the BASIC
- chip or the Operating System chip being fitted. We would recommend that
- users check that they are using the latest versions. The version of BASIC
- can be found by typing REPORT as soon as the BBC is switched on. The
- computer will report a Copyright message and date. If the BBC reports a date
- of 1981 then the computer is fitted with BASIC I and if it report 1982 it is
- fitted with BASIC II. To find out the version of the Operating System you
- should type *FX0. The BBC will report 1.20 if you have the latest version.
- BASIC II and OS 1.20 can both be purchased from your local Acorn
- Authorised Dealer.
-
- We often receive questions from users of Archimedes 310 and 440 machines who
- are experiencing difficulties in using the Intergrex 132 colour printer. The
- symptoms are typically lost lines and spurious characters. This problem will
- affect 310's whose serial number is less than 27 AKB15-10017351 and 440's
- with serial numbers less than 27 AKB20-10002253. Any approved Acorn Service
- center or Acorn Authorised Dealer can perform a simple modification to cure
- the problem. The modification is paid for by Acorn Computers.
-