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%OP%VS4.13 (28-Apr-92), Gerald L Fitton, R4000 5966 9904 9938
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%C%%H1%Booting up the hard disc
%C%By Jonathan A I Brown
Preliminary notes:
Having recently acquired Pipedream 4, and with it a copy of the May '92
PipeLine 4 disc, I read with interest the articles on booting up the
hard disc by Gerald L Fitton and Bill Foyster. Having also recently
acquired an Acorn A4 (Yes, one of them), it is interesting to note that
RISC OS 3 provides an automatic boot function, from the task manager
icon, which allows you to save a desktop boot file. However, on my
humble A440/1, I did not have this useful facility. Instead I used a
hard disc booting routine written by Ben Summers (which is Public
Domain), which I customised to give me a total of four different start
up routines, the choice depending on what button is held down (if any)
on start up or CTRL-Break. Within my !Boot application directory -
which works just as well as just one file - I have the following files:
More information can be found in the relevant !Help file for most of
these files.
StartUp_0
StartUp_L
StartUp_M
StartUp_R
NB: The spelling checker is a little impractical on the A4 - simply due
to the hard disc winddown, but it is still useable.
Points to note:
I also use !End to shutdown the computer after a session - once again
RISC OS 3 makes this redundant - CTRL-Shift-f12 does the same job
better - herewith a brief resumé:
!RunImage
That's about it really. I have also included a few of the public
domain applications I find useful. These are not necessarily the
latest versions, but they're what I've got!
Incidentally, if you haven't got on already, get an Acorn A4 as soon as
possible (try Watford Electronics - that's where I got mine - they were
also the most helpful of the companies I tried) as it is a stupendous
machine.
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The original version of !Boot can be found in the directory
'HDBoot'. My customised version is in the directory 'My
!Boot'. !End is in the directory 'Programs'.
!Boot
!Help
!Run
!Run_0
!Run_L
!Run_M
!Run_R
!Sprites
HourExt
Joystick
LC
MB
Mode123
StartUp_?
WM
Default start up file (no mouse buttons pressed)
Runs Boot files
Runs a VDUSaver
Runs a hotkey screensave utility
Runs the !Joystick (joystick manager)
Runs various desktop applications including:
And finally... Runs a special message file so I don't have
to keep giving the same verbal messages to other users
As for StartUp_0 except instead of the games it loads in a
printer driver.
Boots up the disc in drive 0 in such a way as to minimalise
crashes - very useful for playing games!
As for StartUp_0 except with no games and a load of
miscelaneous programs for my 'perfect desktop'!
Using a | at the beginning of a line is equivalent to REM.
Using { > null: } after a command directs all screen output
for that command to null: ie nowhere! - useful for getting
rid of unwanted screen messages.
To get spaces in file names use the left hand alt key and
the numeric keypad and type ALT 1 6 0.
The full treatment - leave the computer switched on at your
peril!
Jonathan A I Brown (31/7/92)
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Standard virus innoculated boot file.
The original !Boot !Help file (© Ben Summers).
Controls which configuration is used.
)
) !Run_? executes a *Desktop -file StartUp_? if
) "<Boot$Config>" = "On"
)
Sprite file
Hourglass module
Serial Port Joystick Interface - makes the
joystick act like a mouse.
Sets up <Boot$Config>
Detects the state of the mouse buttons.
My own personalised ultra-large screen mode.
See above (? = 0/L/M/R)
Sets up WimpMode
!Trash
!Alarm
!VKiller
!Warfarin
Plus a few games
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Trash can utility
Err...
Virus detection program
Emulates mouse with cursor keys
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