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- 22/06/94
- Questions and Answers
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Q. I want to save a file from First Word Plus into another wordprocessor.
- How do I do it?
- A. Turn WP mode off by going into the Edit menu, and click Adjust
- over "WP Mode". The tick by it should disappear. You can then save your file as
- plain ASCII text, which can then be loaded into your alternative package.
- You will, however, then have to re-format your headings, fonts etc.
-
- Q. When I try to print a file, I get a "Filesystem or Path Printer: not
- found" error; what should I do?
- A. The Parallel Device Driver module, which drives your printer port, has
- somehow become unplugged. Save all your work, exit from the Desktop to the
- command line (F12) and type
-
- *Unplug
-
- to give a list of unplugged modules; this device driver should be among them.
- Issue
-
- *RMReInit ParallelDeviceDriver
-
- to re-initialise it, follow this with a Ctrl-Break, and re-load your printer
- drivers.
-
- Hints and Tips
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Faster Text Printing
- --------------------
- If you regularly use a colour printer, you may notice that printing in black
- takes longer than it would with a monochrome printer; this is most
- noticable when printing text. This is because, by default, the Printer
- Definition File for a colour printer is set to use the maximum number of hues
- available with that printer.
- Monochrome printing on colour printers can be speeded up by configuring
- another "virtual printer" to print in monochrome only; drag a second copy of
- the relevant Printer Definition File into the control window, so that you
- appear to have two identical printers. Use the "Configure" dialogue box to
- change the name of one or both of the printers, and de-select the "Colour"
- option in the "Configure" dialogue box for one of the virtual printers. You can
- then switch between colour and monochrome printing simply by clicking Select
- over the relevant "virtual printer" on your icon bar; the selected printer is
- shown in bright colour, while any other printers are greyed out. Alternatively,
- you can turn the colour option on and off within a single installed printer driver.
-
- Ethernet III Configuration Tips
- -------------------------------
- The configuration of the Ethernet card is stored in CMOS RAM, and hence may be
- changed using the *Configure command. This takes the form
-
- *Configure <driver> <option> [<n>]
-
- where:
-
- <driver> represents the driver type in use (Ether3 or EtherB)
- <option> is the option to set, chosen from the list below
- n is an optional numeric parameter, for use with drivers
- supporting multiple network podule cards, to choose by slot number which card
- to configure. If this option is omitted, all cards will be affected.
-
- Configuration Options:
-
- Disable|Enable: "Enable" enables the card to be used. "Disable" prevents the
- card undergoing self-test, and prevents receiving and transmitting of packets.
-
- OldInet|NewInet: Configure as "NewInet" unless you are using versions of the
- "Internet" or "InternetA" modules prior to 2.00. NewInet supports faster data
- transfer.
-
- Strict|Ignore: If "Strict" is configured, then should the interface fail
- self-test, it will return an error and not activate itself for network access.
- If "Ignore" is configured, the card will start up whether self-test is passed or
- not. Normally, the card should always be configured "Strict".
-
- NoLiveWireTest|LiveWireTest: These determine whether the network cabling is
- tested during the card's self-test sequence. If "LiveWireTest" is configured,
- both valid and erroneous packets are passed to the network, and tests verify
- whether these packets are correctly received. Configuring "NoLiveWireTest"
- prevents this test being performed.
-
- Terse|Verbose: When configured "Terse" the driver will only report information
- when needed; the self-test occurs "silently," and the card interrogation commands
- *Ether3Info and *EtherBInfo will only report individual statistics if the count
- for that statistic is nonzero. If the card is configured "Verbose" then all
- self-test stages will have an associated message displayed, and all network
- statistics will be displayed on interrogation.
-
- Default: This sets the previous five options to their default settings, which are:
-
- Enable OldInet Strict NoLiveWireTest Terse
-
-
- Upgrades
- ~~~~~~~~
- In order to use the A-Link on the Risc PC, you must be running a copy of
- PocketFS Release 2. Upgrades from Release 1 may be obtained from
-
- Vector Services
- 13 Denington Road
- Wellingborough
- Northamptonshire
- NN8 2RL
-
- by returning your original PocketFS disc, and a cheque for £9.95 inc VAT and P&P.
- Cheques should be made payable to "Acorn Direct."