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Programs/Celebratn/!Celebrate/!Boot

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Filename: Programs/Celebratn/!Celebrate/!Boot
Read OK:
File size: 0280 bytes
Load address: 0000
Exec address: 0000
File contents
|Boot file for Birthday Book
|Written by Simon Weaver (wow, what a genius
|he can write a !Boot file!!!)
|� Acorn Computing 1993

Set BirthBook$Dir <Obey$Dir>
IconSprites <BirthBook$Dir>.!Sprites
IF "<Sys$Year>" = "1988" THEN ERROR Your computer's internal clock says the year is 1988. It is likely you have performed a hard reset on a Risc OS 2 machine. Please change it to this year. 
IF "<Sys$Year>" = "1989" THEN ERROR Your computer's internal clock says the year is 1989. It is likely you have performed a hard reset on a Risc OS 2 machine. Please change it to this year. 
WimpSlot -min 80K -max 80K

RUN "<BirthBook$Dir>.!Runimage" -b
00000000  7c 42 6f 6f 74 20 66 69  6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 42  ||Boot file for B|
00000010  69 72 74 68 64 61 79 20  42 6f 6f 6b 0a 7c 57 72  |irthday Book.|Wr|
00000020  69 74 74 65 6e 20 62 79  20 53 69 6d 6f 6e 20 57  |itten by Simon W|
00000030  65 61 76 65 72 20 28 77  6f 77 2c 20 77 68 61 74  |eaver (wow, what|
00000040  20 61 20 67 65 6e 69 75  73 0a 7c 68 65 20 63 61  | a genius.|he ca|
00000050  6e 20 77 72 69 74 65 20  61 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 20  |n write a !Boot |
00000060  66 69 6c 65 21 21 21 29  0a 7c a9 20 41 63 6f 72  |file!!!).|. Acor|
00000070  6e 20 43 6f 6d 70 75 74  69 6e 67 20 31 39 39 33  |n Computing 1993|
00000080  0a 0a 53 65 74 20 42 69  72 74 68 42 6f 6f 6b 24  |..Set BirthBook$|
00000090  44 69 72 20 3c 4f 62 65  79 24 44 69 72 3e 0a 49  |Dir <Obey$Dir>.I|
000000a0  63 6f 6e 53 70 72 69 74  65 73 20 3c 42 69 72 74  |conSprites <Birt|
000000b0  68 42 6f 6f 6b 24 44 69  72 3e 2e 21 53 70 72 69  |hBook$Dir>.!Spri|
000000c0  74 65 73 0a 49 46 20 22  3c 53 79 73 24 59 65 61  |tes.IF "<Sys$Yea|
000000d0  72 3e 22 20 3d 20 22 31  39 38 38 22 20 54 48 45  |r>" = "1988" THE|
000000e0  4e 20 45 52 52 4f 52 20  59 6f 75 72 20 63 6f 6d  |N ERROR Your com|
000000f0  70 75 74 65 72 27 73 20  69 6e 74 65 72 6e 61 6c  |puter's internal|
00000100  20 63 6c 6f 63 6b 20 73  61 79 73 20 74 68 65 20  | clock says the |
00000110  79 65 61 72 20 69 73 20  31 39 38 38 2e 20 49 74  |year is 1988. It|
00000120  20 69 73 20 6c 69 6b 65  6c 79 20 79 6f 75 20 68  | is likely you h|
00000130  61 76 65 20 70 65 72 66  6f 72 6d 65 64 20 61 20  |ave performed a |
00000140  68 61 72 64 20 72 65 73  65 74 20 6f 6e 20 61 20  |hard reset on a |
00000150  52 69 73 63 20 4f 53 20  32 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e  |Risc OS 2 machin|
00000160  65 2e 20 50 6c 65 61 73  65 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65  |e. Please change|
00000170  20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 74  68 69 73 20 79 65 61 72  | it to this year|
00000180  2e 20 0a 49 46 20 22 3c  53 79 73 24 59 65 61 72  |. .IF "<Sys$Year|
00000190  3e 22 20 3d 20 22 31 39  38 39 22 20 54 48 45 4e  |>" = "1989" THEN|
000001a0  20 45 52 52 4f 52 20 59  6f 75 72 20 63 6f 6d 70  | ERROR Your comp|
000001b0  75 74 65 72 27 73 20 69  6e 74 65 72 6e 61 6c 20  |uter's internal |
000001c0  63 6c 6f 63 6b 20 73 61  79 73 20 74 68 65 20 79  |clock says the y|
000001d0  65 61 72 20 69 73 20 31  39 38 39 2e 20 49 74 20  |ear is 1989. It |
000001e0  69 73 20 6c 69 6b 65 6c  79 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61  |is likely you ha|
000001f0  76 65 20 70 65 72 66 6f  72 6d 65 64 20 61 20 68  |ve performed a h|
00000200  61 72 64 20 72 65 73 65  74 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 52  |ard reset on a R|
00000210  69 73 63 20 4f 53 20 32  20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65  |isc OS 2 machine|
00000220  2e 20 50 6c 65 61 73 65  20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20  |. Please change |
00000230  69 74 20 74 6f 20 74 68  69 73 20 79 65 61 72 2e  |it to this year.|
00000240  20 0a 57 69 6d 70 53 6c  6f 74 20 2d 6d 69 6e 20  | .WimpSlot -min |
00000250  38 30 4b 20 2d 6d 61 78  20 38 30 4b 0a 0a 52 55  |80K -max 80K..RU|
00000260  4e 20 22 3c 42 69 72 74  68 42 6f 6f 6b 24 44 69  |N "<BirthBook$Di|
00000270  72 3e 2e 21 52 75 6e 69  6d 61 67 65 22 20 2d 62  |r>.!Runimage" -b|
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