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ReadMe.txt
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 » unzip_tools » sys_ro5 |
| Filename: | ReadMe.txt |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0321 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
RISC OS Open Release Archive ============================ This is the !System distribution of modules to update machines prior to those running RISC OS 5. If you already use RISC OS 5 then this distribution will do nothing since the disc image and ROM already contain the same (or later) versions. Do not use the merge dialogue in !Boot > Configuration > System Merge because part of the update must refresh files in a directory that the merge dialogue cannot reach. Instead, a simple obey file called !SysMerge is included. Double click on !SysMerge. !SysMerge should take a couple of seconds to run and it will only display a message if it fails for any reason. It will copy each module into your !System directory (unless an even later version is already installed). -- RISC OS Open
00000000 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 4f 70 65 6e 20 52 65 6c |RISC OS Open Rel| 00000010 65 61 73 65 20 41 72 63 68 69 76 65 0a 3d 3d 3d |ease Archive.===| 00000020 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |================| 00000030 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 |=========..This | 00000040 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 64 |is the !System d| 00000050 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 6d |istribution of m| 00000060 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 20 74 6f 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 |odules to update| 00000070 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 20 70 72 69 6f 72 20 | machines prior | 00000080 74 6f 20 0a 74 68 6f 73 65 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e |to .those runnin| 00000090 67 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 35 2e 20 49 66 20 |g RISC OS 5. If | 000000a0 79 6f 75 20 61 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 75 73 65 20 |you already use | 000000b0 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 35 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 |RISC OS 5 then t| 000000c0 68 69 73 20 64 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 69 6f 6e |his distribution| 000000d0 20 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 68 69 6e | .will do nothin| 000000e0 67 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 |g since the disc| 000000f0 20 69 6d 61 67 65 20 61 6e 64 20 52 4f 4d 20 61 | image and ROM a| 00000100 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 74 |lready contain t| 00000110 68 65 20 0a 73 61 6d 65 20 28 6f 72 20 6c 61 74 |he .same (or lat| 00000120 65 72 29 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 2e 0a 0a 44 |er) versions...D| 00000130 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 |o not use the me| 00000140 72 67 65 20 64 69 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 69 6e 20 |rge dialogue in | 00000150 0a 0a 20 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 20 3e 20 43 6f 6e 66 |.. !Boot > Conf| 00000160 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 3e 20 53 79 73 74 |iguration > Syst| 00000170 65 6d 20 4d 65 72 67 65 0a 0a 62 65 63 61 75 73 |em Merge..becaus| 00000180 65 20 70 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 75 70 |e part of the up| 00000190 64 61 74 65 20 6d 75 73 74 20 72 65 66 72 65 73 |date must refres| 000001a0 68 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 69 6e 20 61 20 64 69 72 |h files in a dir| 000001b0 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 |ectory that the | 000001c0 6d 65 72 67 65 20 0a 64 69 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 |merge .dialogue | 000001d0 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 72 65 61 63 68 2e 20 49 6e |cannot reach. In| 000001e0 73 74 65 61 64 2c 20 61 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 20 |stead, a simple | 000001f0 6f 62 65 79 20 66 69 6c 65 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 |obey file called| 00000200 20 21 53 79 73 4d 65 72 67 65 20 69 73 0a 69 6e | !SysMerge is.in| 00000210 63 6c 75 64 65 64 2e 0a 0a 44 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 |cluded...Double | 00000220 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 21 53 79 73 4d 65 72 |click on !SysMer| 00000230 67 65 2e 0a 0a 21 53 79 73 4d 65 72 67 65 20 73 |ge...!SysMerge s| 00000240 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 61 6b 65 20 61 20 63 6f 75 |hould take a cou| 00000250 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 73 20 74 |ple of seconds t| 00000260 6f 20 72 75 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c |o run and it wil| 00000270 6c 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 61 |l only display a| 00000280 0a 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 66 |.message if it f| 00000290 61 69 6c 73 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 20 72 65 61 |ails for any rea| 000002a0 73 6f 6e 2e 20 49 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 6f 70 |son. It will cop| 000002b0 79 20 65 61 63 68 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 69 6e |y each module in| 000002c0 74 6f 20 0a 79 6f 75 72 20 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d |to .your !System| 000002d0 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 28 75 6e 6c 65 | directory (unle| 000002e0 73 73 20 61 6e 20 65 76 65 6e 20 6c 61 74 65 72 |ss an even later| 000002f0 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 61 6c 72 65 | version is alre| 00000300 61 64 79 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6c 6c 65 64 29 2e 0a |ady installed)..| 00000310 0a 2d 2d 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 4f 70 65 6e |.-- RISC OS Open| 00000320 0a |.| 00000321
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