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_DiscHelp
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 Computing » 1993 09 Mega Disk.adf » 93_09 |
| Filename: | _DiscHelp |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0A42 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
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- Archimedes archive » Acorn Computing » 1993 06 Mega Disk.adf » 93_06 » _DiscHelp
- Archimedes archive » Acorn Computing » 1993 09 Mega Disk.adf » 93_09 » _DiscHelp
- Archimedes archive » Acorn Computing » 1993 07 Mega Disk.adf » 93_07 » DataVision/!DataVis/Accs/CASHBOOKG/_DiscHelp
File contents
The programs on this disk ========================= All the programs on this disk have been compressed into an archive so that we can fit more on. Some of the programs will run successfully by just double-clicking them from the ACmenu window -- the more memory you have the less you will need to de-archive before running. With 4Mb or more you should have no problem running any program directly from the archive. As long as no other large programs are loaded. All the programs will run on 1Mb machines unless otherwise stated -- but you may have to de-archive the larger ones (particularly games) first. How to de-archive a program --------------------------- 1. Format a new disk and then click the drive icon to bring up the new disk's window. 2. Run ACmenu from this disk and drag the program you want from the ACmenu window into the new disk's window. 3. You will be asked to exchange disks a few times. 4. The program will end up on the new disk. 5. Switch your computer off and on. 6. Insert the new disk and double-click the program. Problem Solved ============== Occassionally you may get an error message here's what they (usually) mean and the solution: Application needs xxxK to run ----------------------------- No writeable memory at this address ----------------------------------- There's not enough room in the machine to run the program if you're trying to run it directly from the archive it means your computer hasn't enough memory to run the program with ACmenu and !ArcFS also loaded. You need to de-archive the program before running. No room for this DIM -------------------- The program hasn't got enough memory to run, because there isn't enough memory in the machine and the !Run file allows the program to be allocated too little memory to actually run. System resources not found -------------------------- Your computer needs to 'see' the !System directory because it wants to load some general purpose modules that are located within !System. Double-click !System within the ACmenu, or locate your version of !System on your hard disk, Apps1 disk or your own System disk. Then try again. Need version X.XX of module XXXXXX ---------------------------------- (Usually refers to version 3.75 of the Shared C Library) One of the general purpose modules within the !System directory is not the most recent version that the program needs, so it must be updated. The !System directory on the Acorn Computing MegaDisk contains the most recent versions of the Shared C Library, ColourTrans and the Floating Point emulator. Use !SysMerge to update your version of !System.
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2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |.---------------| 00000650 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 54 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 |-----.The progra| 00000660 6d 20 68 61 73 6e 27 74 20 67 6f 74 20 65 6e 6f |m hasn't got eno| 00000670 75 67 68 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 74 6f 20 72 75 |ugh memory to ru| 00000680 6e 2c 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 0a 74 68 65 72 65 |n, because.there| 00000690 20 69 73 6e 27 74 20 65 6e 6f 75 67 68 20 6d 65 | isn't enough me| 000006a0 6d 6f 72 79 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 63 68 |mory in the mach| 000006b0 69 6e 65 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 21 52 75 6e |ine and the !Run| 000006c0 20 66 69 6c 65 0a 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 74 68 65 | file.allows the| 000006d0 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 61 | program to be a| 000006e0 6c 6c 6f 63 61 74 65 64 20 74 6f 6f 20 6c 69 74 |llocated too lit| 000006f0 74 6c 65 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 74 6f 0a 61 63 |tle memory to.ac| 00000700 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 72 75 6e 2e 0a 0a 53 79 73 |tually run...Sys| 00000710 74 65 6d 20 72 65 73 6f 75 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T| 00000850 68 65 6e 20 74 72 79 20 61 67 61 69 6e 2e 0a 0a |hen try again...| 00000860 4e 65 65 64 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 58 2e 58 |Need version X.X| 00000870 58 20 6f 66 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 58 58 58 58 |X of module XXXX| 00000880 58 58 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |XX.-------------| 00000890 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| 000008a0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 28 55 73 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 72 |-----.(Usually r| 000008b0 65 66 65 72 73 20 74 6f 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e |efers to version| 000008c0 20 33 2e 37 35 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 53 68 61 | 3.75 of the Sha| 000008d0 72 65 64 20 43 20 4c 69 62 72 61 72 79 29 0a 4f |red C Library).O| 000008e0 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 65 6e 65 72 61 |ne of the genera| 000008f0 6c 20 70 75 72 70 6f 73 65 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 |l purpose module| 00000900 73 20 77 69 74 68 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 21 53 79 |s within the !Sy| 00000910 73 74 65 6d 0a 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 |stem.directory i| 00000920 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 72 |s not the most r| 00000930 65 63 65 6e 74 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 74 68 |ecent version th| 00000940 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 0a 6e |at the program.n| 00000950 65 65 64 73 2c 20 73 6f 20 69 74 20 6d 75 73 74 |eeds, so it must| 00000960 20 62 65 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 64 2e 0a 0a 54 68 | be updated...Th| 00000970 65 20 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 |e !System direct| 00000980 6f 72 79 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 41 63 6f 72 6e |ory on the Acorn| 00000990 20 43 6f 6d 70 75 74 69 6e 67 20 4d 65 67 61 44 | Computing MegaD| 000009a0 69 73 6b 0a 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 20 74 68 65 |isk.contains the| 000009b0 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 72 65 63 65 6e 74 20 76 65 72 | most recent ver| 000009c0 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 53 68 61 |sions of the Sha| 000009d0 72 65 64 20 43 20 4c 69 62 72 61 72 79 2c 0a 43 |red C Library,.C| 000009e0 6f 6c 6f 75 72 54 72 61 6e 73 20 61 6e 64 20 74 |olourTrans and t| 000009f0 68 65 20 46 6c 6f 61 74 69 6e 67 20 50 6f 69 6e |he Floating Poin| 00000a00 74 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 6f 72 2e 0a 0a 55 73 65 |t emulator...Use| 00000a10 20 21 53 79 73 4d 65 72 67 65 20 74 6f 20 75 70 | !SysMerge to up| 00000a20 64 61 74 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f |date your versio| 00000a30 6e 20 6f 66 20 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d 2e 0a 0a 0a |n of !System....| 00000a40 0a 0a |..| 00000a42
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