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!System/!Help
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Recent acquisitions » Acorn ADFS disks » adfs_AcornComputing_199407.adf » 9407 |
| Filename: | !System/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0510 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
Duplicates
There are 5 duplicate copies of this file in the archive:
- Recent acquisitions » Acorn ADFS disks » adfs_AcornComputing_199407.adf » 9407 » !System/!Help
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Archimedes » Fasttrax.ADF » !System/!Help
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Archimedes » Fasttrax_2.ADF » !System/!Help
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_1.6M_SystemDisk.adf » !System/!Help
- Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » apps » Econet » !System/!Help
- Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » apps » system » !System/!Help
File contents
!System
=======
The !System directory contains relocatable modules
shared by various Applications Suite programs, held
in the directory !System.Modules. You will not need
to take any special action to load these modules:
they will be loaded as required by applications,
provided a directory display containing!System has
been opened at some stage.
Error messages
==============
If the error message "Filing system or path
'System:' not present" appears when you are using an
Applications Suite program, you should open a
directory display containing !System and then try
the operation again.
If an error message of the form "You need some
module x.xx or later" appears when you try to run an
application then the directory !System.Modules does
not contain a sufficiently up-to-date version of the
relocatable module "some-module".
If this version of !System is used with a machine
running RISC OS 2 this will probably be because
!System.Modules does not contain the module at all.
In this case it will be necessary to add relocatable
modules from the RISC OS 2 !System to the Modules
directory in this !System - copy the RISC OS 2
!System.Modules directory into the RISC OS 3 !System
directory (the directory containing this file). 00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000010 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d 0a 20 20 | !System. | 00000020 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000030 20 20 20 20 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 54 68 65 | =======..The| 00000040 20 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f | !System directo| 00000050 72 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 20 72 65 6c 6f |ry contains relo| 00000060 63 61 74 61 62 6c 65 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 20 |catable modules | 00000070 0a 73 68 61 72 65 64 20 62 79 20 76 61 72 69 6f |.shared by vario| 00000080 75 73 20 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 |us Applications | 00000090 53 75 69 74 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 2c 20 |Suite programs, | 000000a0 68 65 6c 64 20 0a 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 72 |held .in the dir| 000000b0 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d 2e 4d |ectory !System.M| 000000c0 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c |odules. You will| 000000d0 20 6e 6f 74 20 6e 65 65 64 20 0a 74 6f 20 74 61 | not need .to ta| 000000e0 6b 65 20 61 6e 79 20 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c 20 61 |ke any special a| 000000f0 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 |ction to load th| 00000100 65 73 65 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 3a 20 0a 74 68 |ese modules: .th| 00000110 65 79 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 |ey will be loade| 00000120 64 20 61 73 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 64 20 62 79 |d as required by| 00000130 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 0a | applications, .| 00000140 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 64 20 61 20 64 69 72 65 63 |provided a direc| 00000150 74 6f 72 79 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 63 6f 6e |tory display con| 00000160 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 68 |taining!System h| 00000170 61 73 20 0a 62 65 65 6e 20 6f 70 65 6e 65 64 20 |as .been opened | 00000180 61 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 73 74 61 67 65 2e 0a 0a |at some stage...| 00000190 45 72 72 6f 72 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 0a 3d |Error messages.=| 000001a0 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 49 |=============..I| 000001b0 66 20 74 68 65 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 6d 65 73 73 |f the error mess| 000001c0 61 67 65 20 22 46 69 6c 69 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 |age "Filing syst| 000001d0 65 6d 20 6f 72 20 70 61 74 68 20 0a 27 53 79 73 |em or path .'Sys| 000001e0 74 65 6d 3a 27 20 6e 6f 74 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e |tem:' not presen| 000001f0 74 22 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 |t" appears when | 00000200 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 61 6e |you are using an| 00000210 0a 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 53 75 |.Applications Su| 00000220 69 74 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2c 20 79 6f 75 |ite program, you| 00000230 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 61 0a 64 | should open a.d| 00000240 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 |irectory display| 00000250 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 21 53 79 73 | containing !Sys| 00000260 74 65 6d 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 72 79 |tem and then try| 00000270 20 0a 74 68 65 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 | .the operation | 00000280 61 67 61 69 6e 2e 0a 0a 49 66 20 61 6e 20 65 72 |again...If an er| 00000290 72 6f 72 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 6f 66 20 74 |ror message of t| 000002a0 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 22 59 6f 75 20 6e 65 65 |he form "You nee| 000002b0 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 0a 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 78 |d some .module x| 000002c0 2e 78 78 20 6f 72 20 6c 61 74 65 72 22 20 61 70 |.xx or later" ap| 000002d0 70 65 61 72 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 74 |pears when you t| 000002e0 72 79 20 74 6f 20 72 75 6e 20 61 6e 0a 61 70 70 |ry to run an.app| 000002f0 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 68 |lication then th| 00000300 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 21 53 79 73 |e directory !Sys| 00000310 74 65 6d 2e 4d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 20 64 6f 65 73 |tem.Modules does| 00000320 20 0a 6e 6f 74 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 61 20 | .not contain a | 00000330 73 75 66 66 69 63 69 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 75 70 2d |sufficiently up-| 00000340 74 6f 2d 64 61 74 65 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 |to-date version | 00000350 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0a 72 65 6c 6f 63 61 74 61 62 |of the.relocatab| 00000360 6c 65 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 22 73 6f 6d 65 2d |le module "some-| 00000370 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 22 2e 20 0a 0a 49 66 20 74 68 |module". ..If th| 00000380 69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 21 53 |is version of !S| 00000390 79 73 74 65 6d 20 69 73 20 75 73 65 64 20 77 69 |ystem is used wi| 000003a0 74 68 20 61 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 0a 72 75 |th a machine .ru| 000003b0 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 32 20 |nning RISC OS 2 | 000003c0 74 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 |this will probab| 000003d0 6c 79 20 62 65 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 0a 21 |ly be because .!| 000003e0 53 79 73 74 65 6d 2e 4d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 20 64 |System.Modules d| 000003f0 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 |oes not contain | 00000400 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 61 74 20 61 6c |the module at al| 00000410 6c 2e 20 0a 49 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 61 73 65 |l. .In this case| 00000420 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 6e 65 63 65 | it will be nece| 00000430 73 73 61 72 79 20 74 6f 20 61 64 64 20 72 65 6c |ssary to add rel| 00000440 6f 63 61 74 61 62 6c 65 0a 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 |ocatable.modules| 00000450 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f | from the RISC O| 00000460 53 20 32 20 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 74 6f 20 74 |S 2 !System to t| 00000470 68 65 20 4d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 20 0a 64 69 72 65 |he Modules .dire| 00000480 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 21 53 |ctory in this !S| 00000490 79 73 74 65 6d 20 2d 20 63 6f 70 79 20 74 68 65 |ystem - copy the| 000004a0 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 32 20 0a 21 53 79 73 | RISC OS 2 .!Sys| 000004b0 74 65 6d 2e 4d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 20 64 69 72 65 |tem.Modules dire| 000004c0 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 52 |ctory into the R| 000004d0 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 33 20 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d |ISC OS 3 !System| 000004e0 0a 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 28 74 68 65 20 |.directory (the | 000004f0 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 |directory contai| 00000500 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 20 66 69 6c 65 29 2e |ning this file).| 00000510
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