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Patch/ThePatch/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.
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| Filename: | Patch/ThePatch/ReadMe |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 087E bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
ReadMe for RISC OS 3.70 ROM Patches, 24-Oct-96 ---------------------------------------------- Since release of the StrongARM upgrade and RISC OS 3.70, two minor problems have been identified, and these are readily fixed with the supplied simple patch utility. Please read the following sections fully before using the patch. Purpose of patches ------------------ The first problem occurs with the parallel port, when connected to some Hewlett Packard printers. The symptom is that printing to file is fine, but printing to the printer is extremely slow, or never completes. With the patch, a wider range of Hewlett Packard printers is supported. The second problem can cause occasional errors with some applications. This only affects RISC OS 3.70 when running on StrongARM (SA110, revision less than 3). A typical symptom is an occasional error including the message "No stack for trap handler". However, remember that this rare problem is entirely unrelated to errors caused by application incompatibility with RISC OS 3.70 or with StrongARM. For developers, there is technical information on the second problem, and how it may affect their code, in the accompanying file, TechNote. (Users can ignore TechNote.) Installing the patches ---------------------- The patches are easily installed by copying the supplied Obey file !!ROMPatch and the supplied directory (with contents) ROMPatch into your !Boot.Choices.Boot.PreDesk directory. To do this, open !Boot by holding down the Shift key while double-clicking on !Boot. Next, double-click to open Choices, then Boot, then Predesk. Now drag !!ROMPatch and ROMPatch into Predesk. Finally, restart your machine to activate the patches. You will notice a new dynamic area 'ROM patches 3.70/1' in the task bar display, if you click on the Acorn iconbar icon. Distribution ------------ These patches may be freely distributed to others for use with RISC OS 3.70, provided they are distributed unaltered and complete. The complete distribution comprises: !!ROMPatch ReadMe (this ReadMe file) ROMPatch (and contents) TechNote These patches must not be used with any other version of RISC OS.
00000000 0a 52 65 61 64 4d 65 20 66 6f 72 20 52 49 53 43 |.ReadMe for RISC| 00000010 20 4f 53 20 33 2e 37 30 20 52 4f 4d 20 50 61 74 | OS 3.70 ROM Pat| 00000020 63 68 65 73 2c 20 32 34 2d 4f 63 74 2d 39 36 0a |ches, 24-Oct-96.| 00000030 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000050 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a |--------------..| 00000060 53 69 6e 63 65 20 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 20 6f 66 |Since release of| 00000070 20 74 68 65 20 53 74 72 6f 6e 67 41 52 4d 20 75 | the StrongARM u| 00000080 70 67 72 61 64 65 20 61 6e 64 20 52 49 53 43 20 |pgrade and RISC | 00000090 4f 53 20 33 2e 37 30 2c 20 74 77 6f 20 6d 69 6e |OS 3.70, two min| 000000a0 6f 72 0a 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 20 68 61 76 65 |or.problems have| 000000b0 20 62 65 65 6e 20 69 64 65 6e 74 69 66 69 65 64 | been identified| 000000c0 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 61 72 65 20 |, and these are | 000000d0 72 65 61 64 69 6c 79 20 66 69 78 65 64 20 77 69 |readily fixed wi| 000000e0 74 68 0a 74 68 65 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 64 20 |th.the supplied | 000000f0 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 20 70 61 74 63 68 20 75 74 69 |simple patch uti| 00000100 6c 69 74 79 2e 0a 0a 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20 72 65 |lity...Please re| 00000110 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 |ad the following| 00000120 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 75 6c 6c 79 20 | sections fully | 00000130 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 |before using the| 00000140 20 70 61 74 63 68 2e 0a 0a 0a 50 75 72 70 6f 73 | patch....Purpos| 00000150 65 20 6f 66 20 70 61 74 63 68 65 73 0a 2d 2d 2d |e of patches.---| 00000160 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a |---------------.| 00000170 0a 54 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 70 72 6f 62 6c |.The first probl| 00000180 65 6d 20 6f 63 63 75 72 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 |em occurs with t| 00000190 68 65 20 70 61 72 61 6c 6c 65 6c 20 70 6f 72 74 |he parallel port| 000001a0 2c 20 77 68 65 6e 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 65 64 |, when connected| 000001b0 20 74 6f 0a 73 6f 6d 65 20 48 65 77 6c 65 74 74 | to.some Hewlett| 000001c0 20 50 61 63 6b 61 72 64 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 | Packard printer| 000001d0 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 73 79 6d 70 74 6f 6d 20 69 |s. The symptom i| 000001e0 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 |s that printing | 000001f0 74 6f 20 66 69 6c 65 0a 69 73 20 66 69 6e 65 2c |to file.is fine,| 00000200 20 62 75 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 74 6f | but printing to| 00000210 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 69 73 20 | the printer is | 00000220 65 78 74 72 65 6d 65 6c 79 20 73 6c 6f 77 2c 20 |extremely slow, | 00000230 6f 72 20 6e 65 76 65 72 0a 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 |or never.complet| 00000240 65 73 2e 20 57 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 74 |es. With the pat| 00000250 63 68 2c 20 61 20 77 69 64 65 72 20 72 61 6e 67 |ch, a wider rang| 00000260 65 20 6f 66 20 48 65 77 6c 65 74 74 20 50 61 63 |e of Hewlett Pac| 00000270 6b 61 72 64 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 0a 69 73 |kard printers.is| 00000280 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 64 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 | supported...The| 00000290 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 | second problem | 000002a0 63 61 6e 20 63 61 75 73 65 20 6f 63 63 61 73 69 |can cause occasi| 000002b0 6f 6e 61 6c 20 65 72 72 6f 72 73 20 77 69 74 68 |onal errors with| 000002c0 20 73 6f 6d 65 0a 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f | some.applicatio| 000002d0 6e 73 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 66 |ns. This only af| 000002e0 66 65 63 74 73 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 33 2e |fects RISC OS 3.| 000002f0 37 30 20 77 68 65 6e 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 |70 when running | 00000300 6f 6e 0a 53 74 72 6f 6e 67 41 52 4d 20 28 53 41 |on.StrongARM (SA| 00000310 31 31 30 2c 20 72 65 76 69 73 69 6f 6e 20 6c 65 |110, revision le| 00000320 73 73 20 74 68 61 6e 20 33 29 2e 20 41 20 74 79 |ss than 3). 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To d| 000005b0 6f 20 74 68 69 73 2c 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 21 42 6f |o this, open !Bo| 000005c0 6f 74 20 62 79 20 68 6f 6c 64 69 6e 67 20 64 6f |ot by holding do| 000005d0 77 6e 20 74 68 65 20 53 68 69 66 74 20 6b 65 79 |wn the Shift key| 000005e0 0a 77 68 69 6c 65 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 2d 63 6c |.while double-cl| 000005f0 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 2e |icking on !Boot.| 00000600 20 4e 65 78 74 2c 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 2d 63 6c | Next, double-cl| 00000610 69 63 6b 20 74 6f 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 43 68 6f 69 |ick to open Choi| 00000620 63 65 73 2c 0a 74 68 65 6e 20 42 6f 6f 74 2c 20 |ces,.then Boot, | 00000630 74 68 65 6e 20 50 72 65 64 65 73 6b 2e 20 4e 6f |then Predesk. No| 00000640 77 20 64 72 61 67 20 21 21 52 4f 4d 50 61 74 63 |w drag !!ROMPatc| 00000650 68 20 61 6e 64 20 52 4f 4d 50 61 74 63 68 20 69 |h and ROMPatch i| 00000660 6e 74 6f 0a 50 72 65 64 65 73 6b 2e 0a 0a 46 69 |nto.Predesk...Fi| 00000670 6e 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 20 79 |nally, restart y| 00000680 6f 75 72 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 74 6f 20 61 |our machine to a| 00000690 63 74 69 76 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 74 63 |ctivate the patc| 000006a0 68 65 73 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 0a 6e 6f |hes. You will.no| 000006b0 74 69 63 65 20 61 20 6e 65 77 20 64 79 6e 61 6d |tice a new dynam| 000006c0 69 63 20 61 72 65 61 20 27 52 4f 4d 20 70 61 74 |ic area 'ROM pat| 000006d0 63 68 65 73 20 33 2e 37 30 2f 31 27 20 69 6e 20 |ches 3.70/1' in | 000006e0 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 6b 20 62 61 72 0a 64 69 73 |the task bar.dis| 000006f0 70 6c 61 79 2c 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6c 69 |play, if you cli| 00000700 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 |ck on the Acorn | 00000710 69 63 6f 6e 62 61 72 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 0a |iconbar icon....| 00000720 44 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 69 6f 6e 0a 2d 2d 2d |Distribution.---| 00000730 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 54 68 65 73 65 |---------..These| 00000740 20 70 61 74 63 68 65 73 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 | patches may be | 00000750 66 72 65 65 6c 79 20 64 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 |freely distribut| 00000760 65 64 20 74 6f 20 6f 74 68 65 72 73 20 66 6f 72 |ed to others for| 00000770 20 75 73 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 52 49 53 43 0a 4f | use with RISC.O| 00000780 53 20 33 2e 37 30 2c 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 64 |S 3.70, provided| 00000790 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 64 69 73 74 72 69 | they are distri| 000007a0 62 75 74 65 64 20 75 6e 61 6c 74 65 72 65 64 20 |buted unaltered | 000007b0 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 2e 20 54 68 |and complete. Th| 000007c0 65 0a 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 20 64 69 73 74 72 |e.complete distr| 000007d0 69 62 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 69 73 65 |ibution comprise| 000007e0 73 3a 0a 0a 20 20 21 21 52 4f 4d 50 61 74 63 68 |s:.. !!ROMPatch| 000007f0 0a 20 20 52 65 61 64 4d 65 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 |. ReadMe (| 00000800 74 68 69 73 20 52 65 61 64 4d 65 20 66 69 6c 65 |this ReadMe file| 00000810 29 0a 20 20 52 4f 4d 50 61 74 63 68 20 20 20 20 |). ROMPatch | 00000820 28 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6e 74 65 6e 74 73 29 0a 20 |(and contents). | 00000830 20 54 65 63 68 4e 6f 74 65 0a 0a 54 68 65 73 65 | TechNote..These| 00000840 20 70 61 74 63 68 65 73 20 6d 75 73 74 20 6e 6f | patches must no| 00000850 74 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 |t be used with a| 00000860 6e 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e |ny other version| 00000870 20 6f 66 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 2e 0a 0a | of RISC OS...| 0000087e
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