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!OmniDesk/!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.
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| Filename: | !OmniDesk/!Help |
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| File size: | 034B bytes |
| Load address: | FFFFFF44 |
| Exec address: | D58C1A59 |
File contents
OmniDesk: The Ultimate Desktop Application By Richard Hallas NOTE: Before you use OmniDesk you must decompress it. To do this, run this option to open the directory viewer as described below, and drag the !OmniDesk application to another disc. If you try to run the application from this disc, an error box will pop up for each of the OmniDesk applications which are loaded. OmniDesk is the ultimate desktop application: it consists of a desktop interface onto which anyone can add their own applications. Run this option to open a directory containing the OmniDesk application and a module called Interface. Before running OmniDesk, you should double-click on Interface to load it. The file ReadMe contains a quick guide to using OmniDesk, as well as details of where to find more extensive documentation. � Copyright BBC Acorn User 1993
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