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- 23/02/95
- Since the recent release of Acorn's new SCSI card (AKA31) we have received some very
- positive feedback to its compatibility.
-
- The SCSI User Guide gives guidelines for selecting suitable Common Command
- Set 4B (CCS4B) disc drives for use with the SCSI Expansion card. In
- addition, the following drives have been found to work satisfactorily with
- the SCSI Expansion card during normal use of SCSIFS :-
-
- Disc Drives
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-
- Conner CP3100 (100MB)
- NEC DP3861 (109MB)
- Acorn Stacking Filestore (E40S)
- Acorn Stacking Filestore (E60S)
- Fujitsu M22495A (333MB)
- Rodime Ro3259T (250MB)
- Micropolis 1578 (382MB)
- Rodime Ro5180S (140MB)
- Conner CP3200F-1 (200MB)
- Rodime Ro3085S (60MB)
- IBM WDS-3160 (160MB)
- IBM WDS-380 (80MB)
- CDC Wren IV
-
- Magneto-optical drives
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- Sony SMO-C501
- Maxstore Tahiti
-
- Acorn we be interested to know of any other drives customers are
- successfully using or drives that they have had problems with. If you have
- any details to send us on this please write to me at: Customer Services,
- Acorn Computers Ltd, Fulbourn Road, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 4JN.
-
- PC Emulator 1.60 Upgrade
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-
- Acorn has released a new version of the PC Emulator, version 1.6, which is
- easier to use and incorporates extra features.
-
- Easy entry and exit
-
- The PC Emulator now runs from and returns to the RISC OS desktop, leaving
- all your current applications and data intact.
-
- Easy file exchange
-
- You can access DOS files directly from the RISC OS desktop, using the
- !MultiFS application provided. This allows you to copy, delete and drag
- the DOS files as if they were RISC OS files.
-
- CD ROM support
-
- The CD ROM support provided gives you access to standard PC CD-ROMs, which
- can be displayed in a window on the screen.
-
- Mouse driver
-
- The mouse driver enables you to use the mouse supplied with your RISC OS
- computer as if it were a Microsoft Bus mouse
-
- Faster floating point operations
-
- Emulation of the Intel 8087 maths co-processor increases the speed of
- floating point operations by a factor of 14.
-
- There are additional features for systems that have 2 MB of RAM or more:
-
- Multi-tasking
-
- If your system has 2 MB of memory or more, you can run the emulator in a
- RISC OS desktop window. This enables you to run a DOS application (such as
- Lotus 1-2-3) in one window whilst running one or more RISC OS applications
- (such as Acorn DTP) in other windows, simultaneously.
-
- Support for EGA graphics displays
-
- If your system has 2 MB or more, you can make use use of the support for EGA
- graphics displays. You can select CGA, EGA or MDA display. Partial support
- for VGA is provided, for software which accesses the video hardware directly
- (Windows 3.0 can be run on an Archimedes 540).
-
-