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News: 0.3 OS and Welcome disk
Availability of upgrades |
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News: Programmers Reference Manual
Not available yet! |
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Hint: Using Electrohome Monitors
Sold by OPUS, details of pin outs |
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Hint: Using Modes 18-20
Purpose of extra hardware in 400
series, additional modes, monitors
for CAD applications |
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Hint: Using a MultiSync Monitor
How to use a MS monitor on the 300
series by changing CMOS ram
settings |
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Hint: Using VIEW
Tips on a !BOOT file for the VIEW
wordprocessor under the emulator |
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Hint: Attaching a 5.25" Drive
How to make up a cable,
*CONFIGUREing extra drives, drive
number links, problems with the
desktop |
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Hint: ADFS bugs
Pressing when *BUILDing a
!BOOT file, notes on different OS
versions (0.2 and 0.3) |
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Hint: Pad Character in VDU commands
Uses for the pad character to avoid
typing strings of 0s in VDU
commands |
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Hint: Inc/Dec Operator (+=,-=)
Usage of these new operators |
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Hint: *WIPE Command
Warnings about deleting files
using *WIPE |
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Hint: Disc File Transfer
DIY from Compact, Master, B, B+,
Service from Norwich Computer
Services |
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Hint: Shift Keys Sticking
How to cure |
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Hint: Monitor Adjustment
Controls on the Acorn Monitor to
stop text disappearing off the
screen |
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Hint: Using The Basic Editor
Loading the Editor from the Welcome
disk 0.2 OS only. BasicEd |
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Hint: Using RAMBASIC
Loading RAMBASIC from the Welcome
disk, extra *HELP info available |
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Hint: No Keyboard Present Error
How to cure this. |
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Hint: Screendump Modules
Screendumps under 0.2 OS have bugs,
possible fix on 0.3, single
screendump for MX,FX and RX printers |
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Hint: Bugs in RS432 Interface
Problems in using the serial port |
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Info: Transferring Programs via RS432
How to transfer programs between BBC
and Archimedes. Pinouts, *FX commands,
Program to handle transfers |
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Info: Using ARC to Control BBC Ports
How to use a BBC micro as an input/
output podule controlled from an ARC |
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Info: Pinouts For Printer & RGB Outputs
Parallel print interface pinouts, RGB
output pinouts |
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Review: ROM Link - Computer Concepts
Using Computer Concepts ROM packages
under the emulator |
| 22 |
Review: Toolkit Module - Clares
Version 3.50 of the module, list of new
commands |
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Info: Archimedes - Next Music Computer
Mike Beecher of EMR tells why the ARC
is good for computer music making |
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Info: Structured Programming in BASIC V
Tutorial on the new structures
in BASIC V. WHILE, ENDWHILE, CASE, IF..
THEN..ELSE, parameter passing |
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Info: Technical Notes On BASIC V
Changes in BASIC V, structures,
operators, libraries, parameter passing,
array operations, error handling |
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Demo: Line Art Program
A simple demo program |
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Demo: One Line Program
A simple demo program |
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Demo: Spiral Program
Based on a program from the 'Creative
Graphics' disk for the BBC micro |
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Info: Mode selection Chart
Text character size, graphic resolution
and number of colours for various modes |
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Info: User Guide Errata
Mistakes in the User Guide. |
