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!Scrap/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » apps » system |
| Filename: | !Scrap/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 049A 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_199402.adf » 9402 » !Scrap/!Help
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Archimedes » Scanlight_professional.ADF » !Scrap/!Help
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_1.6M_ArcWeb.adf » !Scrap/!Help
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_1.6M_Impression.adf » !Scrap/!Help
- Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » apps » system » !Scrap/!Help
- Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » unzip_tools » !Scrap » !Help
File contents
The !Scrap application provides somewhere for an application to temporarily store documents and other information which is being transferred to another application. If an error message of the form "Can't transfer file (use *Set Wimp$Scap <filename>)" is given by an application this means that the !Scrap application has not yet been seen by the system. You should open a directory display containing !Scrap then try the operation again. If the message "Protected Disc" is produced when trying to transfer information between applications it is probably the case that the !Scrap application is on a floppy disc which is write protected. To be useable it must be possible for an application to write into the !Scrap application; this means that it cannot be used on a write protected floppy disc or if it is in a read-only location on a network. You need to copy !Scrap to a writable location, then double click the new !Scrap to cause the copy to be used. Some applications also use !Scrap to store other temporary information (information which is not being transferred to another application). These applications may need !Scrap to have been seen before they are run.
00000000 54 68 65 20 21 53 63 72 61 70 20 61 70 70 6c 69 |The !Scrap appli| 00000010 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 73 20 |cation provides | 00000020 73 6f 6d 65 77 68 65 72 65 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e |somewhere for an| 00000030 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 | application to | 00000040 74 65 6d 70 6f 72 61 72 69 6c 79 0a 73 74 6f 72 |temporarily.stor| 00000050 65 20 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 61 6e 64 20 |e documents and | 00000060 6f 74 68 65 72 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f |other informatio| 00000070 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 62 65 69 6e 67 |n which is being| 00000080 20 74 72 61 6e 73 66 65 72 72 65 64 20 74 6f 20 | transferred to | 00000090 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 0a 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 |another.applicat| 000000a0 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 49 66 20 61 6e 20 65 72 72 6f |ion...If an erro| 000000b0 72 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |r message of the| 000000c0 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 22 43 61 6e 27 74 20 74 72 61 | form "Can't tra| 000000d0 6e 73 66 65 72 20 66 69 6c 65 20 28 75 73 65 20 |nsfer file (use | 000000e0 2a 53 65 74 20 57 69 6d 70 24 53 63 61 70 0a 3c |*Set Wimp$Scap.<| 000000f0 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 3e 29 22 20 69 73 20 67 |filename>)" is g| 00000100 69 76 65 6e 20 62 79 20 61 6e 20 61 70 70 6c 69 |iven by an appli| 00000110 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d 65 61 6e |cation this mean| 00000120 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 21 53 63 72 61 |s that the !Scra| 00000130 70 20 0a 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 68 |p .application h| 00000140 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 79 65 74 20 62 65 65 6e 20 |as not yet been | 00000150 73 65 65 6e 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73 74 |seen by the syst| 00000160 65 6d 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 |em. You should | 00000170 6f 70 65 6e 20 61 0a 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 |open a.directory| 00000180 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e | display contain| 00000190 69 6e 67 20 21 53 63 72 61 70 20 74 68 65 6e 20 |ing !Scrap then | 000001a0 74 72 79 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 6f |try the operatio| 000001b0 6e 20 61 67 61 69 6e 2e 0a 0a 49 66 20 74 68 65 |n again...If the| 000001c0 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 22 50 72 6f 74 65 63 | message "Protec| 000001d0 74 65 64 20 44 69 73 63 22 20 69 73 20 70 72 6f |ted Disc" is pro| 000001e0 64 75 63 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 72 79 69 6e |duced when tryin| 000001f0 67 20 74 6f 20 74 72 61 6e 73 66 65 72 0a 69 6e |g to transfer.in| 00000200 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 |formation betwee| 00000210 6e 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 69 |n applications i| 00000220 74 20 69 73 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 74 68 |t is probably th| 00000230 65 20 63 61 73 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 |e case that the | 00000240 21 53 63 72 61 70 0a 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 |!Scrap.applicati| 00000250 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 |on is on a flopp| 00000260 79 20 64 69 73 63 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 |y disc which is | 00000270 77 72 69 74 65 20 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 65 64 2e |write protected.| 00000280 20 20 54 6f 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 61 62 6c 65 20 | To be useable | 00000290 69 74 0a 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 70 6f 73 73 69 |it.must be possi| 000002a0 62 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 20 61 70 70 6c 69 |ble for an appli| 000002b0 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 |cation to write | 000002c0 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 21 53 63 72 61 70 20 |into the !Scrap | 000002d0 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 3b 0a 74 68 69 |application;.thi| 000002e0 73 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 |s means that it | 000002f0 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 6f |cannot be used o| 00000300 6e 20 61 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 70 72 6f 74 65 63 |n a write protec| 00000310 74 65 64 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 79 20 64 69 73 63 20 |ted floppy disc | 00000320 6f 72 20 69 66 20 69 74 0a 69 73 20 69 6e 20 61 |or if it.is in a| 00000330 20 72 65 61 64 2d 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 | read-only locat| 00000340 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 6e 65 74 77 6f 72 6b |ion on a network| 00000350 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 |. You need to c| 00000360 6f 70 79 20 21 53 63 72 61 70 20 74 6f 20 61 0a |opy !Scrap to a.| 00000370 77 72 69 74 61 62 6c 65 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f |writable locatio| 00000380 6e 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 63 |n, then double c| 00000390 6c 69 63 6b 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 21 53 63 |lick the new !Sc| 000003a0 72 61 70 20 74 6f 20 63 61 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 |rap to cause the| 000003b0 20 63 6f 70 79 20 74 6f 20 62 65 0a 75 73 65 64 | copy to be.used| 000003c0 2e 0a 0a 53 6f 6d 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 |...Some applicat| 000003d0 69 6f 6e 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 75 73 65 20 21 53 |ions also use !S| 000003e0 63 72 61 70 20 74 6f 20 73 74 6f 72 65 20 6f 74 |crap to store ot| 000003f0 68 65 72 20 74 65 6d 70 6f 72 61 72 79 20 69 6e |her temporary in| 00000400 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a 28 69 6e 66 6f 72 |formation.(infor| 00000410 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 |mation which is | 00000420 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 74 72 61 6e 73 66 |not being transf| 00000430 65 72 72 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 |erred to another| 00000440 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 29 2e 20 20 | application). | 00000450 54 68 65 73 65 0a 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f |These.applicatio| 00000460 6e 73 20 6d 61 79 20 6e 65 65 64 20 21 53 63 72 |ns may need !Scr| 00000470 61 70 20 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 |ap to have been | 00000480 73 65 65 6e 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 74 68 65 79 |seen before they| 00000490 20 61 72 65 20 72 75 6e 2e 0a | are run..| 0000049a
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