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- 23/02/95
- * Here is a tip for 1st Word Plus and Epson compatible printer users.
- Although that is has been mentioned in this column before I feel it is worth
- mentioning again as the 1st Word Plus package is now supplied as standard
- will all BBC A3000 Learning Curve Systems. 1st Word Plus require the printer
- to have auto-line feeds disabled, but this clashes with other Archimedes
- packages and therefore we have devised the following changes that can be
- implemented to the printer drivers which will resolve the problem.
-
- Entry 1 set to D
- Entry 23 set to 1B, 41, 0, D, 1B, 32
-
- * Many Education establishments and Businesses often need to link their
- existing networked Archimedes computers to other standard networks such as
- Ethernet. Now with the introduction of the TCP/IP Protocol Suite it is
- possible to link other TCP/IP based systems to your network regardless of
- whether they are mainframes, minis or PCs.
-
- Many Archimedes computer users are familiar with networking through Econet -
- the low-cost networking system from Acorn. By using an Acorn workstation,
- fitted with both Econet and Ethernet interfaces to act as a gateway, it is
- possible for Archimedes computers to to communicate on both networks.
- A gateway can be set up using either a UNIX workstation, such as an R140 or
- R260, or an Archimedes computer such as the 440/1. Thus, existing Econet
- users can link up with, or add, Ethernet networks with Unix machines, and
- existing Ethernet users can add low-cost Econet networks to their
- installations.
-
- TCP/IP provides a number of services which include:
-
- - an NFS client service which enables the user to examine files and
- directories held on other network computers from the RISC OS desktop.
-
- - a VT220 terminal emulation which allows the user to view information held
- on a number of remote UNIX systems.
-
- - electronic mail facilities via a UNIX server to the international UNIX
- mail network. This is provided via the !MailMan application which is
- supplied with TCP/IP.
-
- * Acorn have released a new ROM for Acorn I/O Podule users. If you have an
- I/O Podule with a Serial Number before 'AKA10 1002682 then you should
- contact your Acorn Dealer requesting that they supply and fit the new ROM
- under 'FCO 2011'. Please supply both the Host and Unit serial numbers to the
- dealer who will require them to complete the service report.
-
- * Third party software, particularly games reconfigure the BBC A3000 and
- Acorn Archimedes systems to gain the maximum amount of memory possible, for
- instance by unplugging parts of the operating system, before running. This
- can however cause problems once you have finished using the software if the
- software has not configured the computer back to how it was before the
- software was run. The sort of problems you can experience are messages like
- 'SWI &xxxxx Unknown' which normally means that one of the operating system
- modules that normally provides this call has been unplugged. To find out
- which modules have been unplugged type *UNPLUG. This will list the modules
- which can then be reinstated using the command *RMREINIT <modulename> eg.
- *RMREINIT FontManager.
-