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StarInfo/Boura/ReadMe
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 » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1996-08.adf » Regulars |
| Filename: | StarInfo/Boura/ReadMe |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 07EB bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
My first contribution to Director.
Preamble
========
Nick Craig-Wood has produced a brilliant program, but the drives menu only
includes drives known to FileCore. This excludes networks, CDROMs and many
other filing systems. Hence I offer an alternative to Nick Craig-Wood's
findDrive.
Later, I decided that a click on CDFS in the drives menu should start up the
CD Player application and open the control panel, if the drive contains an
audio disk. Hence the utilities "AppEnsure" and "Click" were written. If
the drive contains a data disk eg CDROM, then it will behave like any other
disc drive.
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� Drives �
�========================�
� � ADFS::RayTrace ��
� � CFS#ADFS::RayTrace �� _ _ _ _ _Click will run CD Player and
� � ADFS::HardDisc4 �� / open the control panel.
� � CFS#ADFS::HardDisc4 �� /
� � RAM::RamDisc0 �� /
� CDFS::0 (Audio stoped)�� / Sub menu
� � Applications �� - - - - - - - ------------
------------------------ � CDPlayer �
�============�
� Play �
� Stop �
�------------�
� Eject �
�------------�
� Play list �
------------
Manuals
=======
The manuals directory contains installation instructions as well as more
detailed information on the utilities provided.
Files
=====
The files directory contains the code files for adding to Director. Read
Manuals.Install to find out where to put them.
Address
=======
Malcolm Boura (ArmAge Software)
Email: Soon (hopefully)
Snail mail: 5 Far Lane, Coleby, Lincoln. LN5 OAH
Phone: 01522 810927
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Re| 00000720 61 64 0a 4d 61 6e 75 61 6c 73 2e 49 6e 73 74 61 |ad.Manuals.Insta| 00000730 6c 6c 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 64 20 6f 75 74 20 77 |ll to find out w| 00000740 68 65 72 65 20 74 6f 20 70 75 74 20 74 68 65 6d |here to put them| 00000750 2e 0a 0a 0a 41 64 64 72 65 73 73 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d |....Address.====| 00000760 3d 3d 3d 0a 4d 61 6c 63 6f 6c 6d 20 42 6f 75 72 |===.Malcolm Bour| 00000770 61 20 28 41 72 6d 41 67 65 20 53 6f 66 74 77 61 |a (ArmAge Softwa| 00000780 72 65 29 0a 45 6d 61 69 6c 3a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |re).Email: | 00000790 53 6f 6f 6e 20 28 68 6f 70 65 66 75 6c 6c 79 29 |Soon (hopefully)| 000007a0 0a 53 6e 61 69 6c 20 6d 61 69 6c 3a 20 35 20 46 |.Snail mail: 5 F| 000007b0 61 72 20 4c 61 6e 65 2c 20 43 6f 6c 65 62 79 2c |ar Lane, Coleby,| 000007c0 20 4c 69 6e 63 6f 6c 6e 2e 20 4c 4e 35 20 4f 41 | Lincoln. LN5 OA| 000007d0 48 0a 50 68 6f 6e 65 3a 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 31 |H.Phone: 01| 000007e0 35 32 32 20 38 31 30 39 32 37 0a |522 810927.| 000007eb
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