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!Newsbase/!Run

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.

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Filename: !Newsbase/!Run
Read OK:
File size: 012A bytes
Load address: 0000
Exec address: 0000
File contents
set NewsBase$dir <Obey$dir>
iconsprites <Obey$dir>.!Sprites
wimpslot 160K 160K
rmensure utilitymodule 3 Error 0 Newsbase requires RISC OS 3.10 or higher
| one possible switch for !Newsbase is "-ro" for read-only operation
| eg
| run <NewsBase$dir>.!Runimage -ro %*0
run <NewsBase$dir>.!Runimage %*0
00000000  73 65 74 20 4e 65 77 73  42 61 73 65 24 64 69 72  |set NewsBase$dir|
00000010  20 3c 4f 62 65 79 24 64  69 72 3e 0a 69 63 6f 6e  | <Obey$dir>.icon|
00000020  73 70 72 69 74 65 73 20  3c 4f 62 65 79 24 64 69  |sprites <Obey$di|
00000030  72 3e 2e 21 53 70 72 69  74 65 73 0a 77 69 6d 70  |r>.!Sprites.wimp|
00000040  73 6c 6f 74 20 31 36 30  4b 20 31 36 30 4b 0a 72  |slot 160K 160K.r|
00000050  6d 65 6e 73 75 72 65 20  75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 6d  |mensure utilitym|
00000060  6f 64 75 6c 65 20 33 20  45 72 72 6f 72 20 30 20  |odule 3 Error 0 |
00000070  4e 65 77 73 62 61 73 65  20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65  |Newsbase require|
00000080  73 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f  53 20 33 2e 31 30 20 6f  |s RISC OS 3.10 o|
00000090  72 20 68 69 67 68 65 72  0a 7c 20 6f 6e 65 20 70  |r higher.| one p|
000000a0  6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20  73 77 69 74 63 68 20 66  |ossible switch f|
000000b0  6f 72 20 21 4e 65 77 73  62 61 73 65 20 69 73 20  |or !Newsbase is |
000000c0  22 2d 72 6f 22 20 66 6f  72 20 72 65 61 64 2d 6f  |"-ro" for read-o|
000000d0  6e 6c 79 20 6f 70 65 72  61 74 69 6f 6e 0a 7c 20  |nly operation.| |
000000e0  65 67 0a 7c 20 72 75 6e  20 3c 4e 65 77 73 42 61  |eg.| run <NewsBa|
000000f0  73 65 24 64 69 72 3e 2e  21 52 75 6e 69 6d 61 67  |se$dir>.!Runimag|
00000100  65 20 2d 72 6f 20 25 2a  30 0a 72 75 6e 20 3c 4e  |e -ro %*0.run <N|
00000110  65 77 73 42 61 73 65 24  64 69 72 3e 2e 21 52 75  |ewsBase$dir>.!Ru|
00000120  6e 69 6d 61 67 65 20 25  2a 30                    |nimage %*0|
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