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- 17/07/92
- There were a few errors in last months Acorn Customer Hotline column which I
- would like to correct.
-
- Firstly there is no extra's disc available from Acorn Direct. The RISC OS
- extra's disc can however be obtained from your local Acorn Authorised
- Dealer.
-
- The version number of some of the modules are incorrect for the latest
- versions. The correct version numbers are as follows:
-
- NetFS 5.53
- NetPrint 5.30
- Econet 5.48
-
- Last months article also documents the version number of !65Host as being
- 1.40, the correct version number for the application is 1.60 and the
- modules version number is 1.19. To find out what version number of the
- module you have is, is to run the !65Host application, exit the emulator
- back to the desktop by typing *QUIT followed by RETURN, then pressing
- function key f12 to get the star prompt(*) to appear and then typing *HELP
- MODULES followed by RETURN. To RETURN to the desktop press return at a the
- next star prompt.
-
- If you need to contact Acorn please do not phone us if at all possible. We
- would prefer people to write: The full address to contact Acorn at is:
-
- Acorn Computers Limited
- Fulbourn Road
- Cherry Hinton
- Cambridge
- CB1 4JN
-
- We have a number of enquiries regarding the use of the BBC A3000 and
- Archimedes range with Open University Courses. Acorn have spent sometime
- with the Open University and the PC Emulator on is now approved for use on
- various courses. The Open University in Milton Keynes should be contacted by
- any users wishing to use the PC Emulator for any particular course.
-
- On the various Bulletin boards that are mentioned in the BBC Acorn User's
- Communications article there are now a number of 1st Word Plus printer
- drivers which users have modified for their own printer types if different
- from the printer drivers supplied with 1st Word Plus (The printer drivers
- for 1st Word Plus can be found on the 1st Word Plus utilities disc in the
- directory '1wp_print.config'). You will of course need a modem and a serial
- upgrade for the BBC A3000 plus suitable driving software if you wish to
- contact these bulletin boards.
-
- Acorn has been dedicated to the area of computers in Special Needs for many
- years. With the launch of the Acorn Special Access system (announced in BBC
- Acorn User) Acorn has included a disc with a number of utilities, some of
- which are public domain and some that have been written by Acorn. The
- utilities include such things as screen modes providing larger screen sizes,
- !Flasher which makes the caret (The red cursor which is used when entering
- text) flash so that it can be seen more easily, !BigPointr which provides a
- larger pointer. There are also a number of other utilities which meet the
- needs of a wide range of special needs users. Companies such as Norwich
- Computer Services who run a bulletin boards often issue the public domain
- software on either their Careware or Shareware discs through a mail order
- service.
-
- I would be extremely interested to hear from any users that have ideas of
- what topics can be put into the Acorn Customer Hotline column. Please note
- that the ideas can only cover Acorn software or hardware products on any
- of Acorn computers. I am not permitted to cover third party hardware or
- software products. Users who have ideas can contact me by writing to
- Customer Services at the above address.
-
- In between the BBC Model B and the BBC Master 128 Acorn produced the BBC
- Model B+. We have a large number of enquiries from users who believe they
- have a BBC Model B when they actually have a BBC Model B+. The BBC B+ can be
- recognised a different from the BBC Model B on switch on. The BBC B+ will
- report the following message: Acorn OS 64K (or 128K), also by typing *FX0
- followed by RETURN, if you have a BBC B+ the operating system version number
- displayed will be 2.00. If you have a BBC B+ with 64K only fitted it is
- possible to add 64K of Sideways RAM to the system using the Acorn
- upgrade product ANB27 which costs £40.82 inc. VAT (@17.5%) and the upgrade
- price includes fitting by your local Authorised Acorn Dealer.
-