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- 22/06/94
- Questions and Answers
- =====================
-
- Q. My Apps icon has disappeared from my icon bar. How do I get it back?
-
- A. You need to go to the command line (F12) and type *UNPLUG to find
- out which modules are unplugged; one of them will be Resources.
- Re-install them using *RMREINIT <module name>.
-
- Q. I can't fit all my PC applications onto a single 32Mb partition,
- and I don't want to use multiple partitions; can I make a partition
- larger than 32Mb?
-
- A. Yes, you can. However, you won't be able to access the partition
- using DOSFS under RISC OS; partition access will only be available in
- the PC environment.
-
- The Secret Life of !System
- --------------------------
-
- Many of your everyday programs use relocatable modules such as the
- Shared C Library; a lot of these are kept in !System.Modules. Your machine
- is informed of the location of !System by !System.!Boot, in the lines
-
- If "<System$Dir>" = "" Then Set System$Dir <Obey$Dir>
- If "<System$Path>" = "" Then Set System$Path <System$Dir>.
-
- which first sets up the variable System$Dir to point to the location of
- !System, and then sets up System$Path, which is the variable applications
- should use as the start of the path they require to access modules.
-
- The modules in !System may be supplanted or updated either by copying the
- modules directly into !System.Modules, or, preferably, by running
- !SysMerge and dragging the relevant copies of !System to facilitate copying.
-
- A4 Battery Hints
- ----------------
- We have recently investigated how best to maintain the performance of the
- A4 Nickel - Cadmium rechargeable battery. Our results suggest the following:
-
- After every few charges, try to discharge the battery completely before
- recharging it. This can be done, once the A4 has prompted you to save your
- work and switch off, by saving your work and then leaving the A4 switched
- on for another two hours or so.
-
- When the battery is recharging, it tends to get warm. The charging
- capability of the battery is best if it is kept cool while charging, and it
- makes quite a difference if an airflow can be maintained over the battery
- while it is charging. Even turning the A4 upside down will allow the
- battery to radiate some of its heat to the surroundings.
-
- Video Support on the Risc PC
- ----------------------------
- The table below gives information on the range of Acorn monitors and
- standard resolutions supported by Risc PC with all VRAM configurations, and
- examples of typical backward-compatible numbered screen modes which display
- these resolutions.
-
- <Insert Drawfile "Fig1" here>
-
- Although the box is ticked to indicate that 1600x1200 is possible on a
- machine with 2Mb VRAM, running this mode requires that the VIDC20 be clocked
- at a higher rate than it is specified for. Hence this display mode may not
- be steady on all Risc PCs.
-
- This table applies to the Monitor Definition Files as shipped; the 1600x1200
- definition file can be obtained by AKF85 owners by writing to Acorn Customer
- Services.
-
- Changes to ftp.acorn.co.uk
- --------------------------
- These are now listed in /pub/changelog; the biggest change since the Comms
- column in the May issue is that the ",ddc" archive file endings have been
- replaced with ".arc". In addition to fixing the lists problem under VMS, this
- means that WWW browsers such as xmosaic recognise binaries as binaries.
-
- ftp.acorn.co.uk is being mirrored by Arcade BBS (081 654 2212) and Digital
- Databank BBS (0707 329306), so if you have a modem but no Internet link,
- you can still download our files.