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From: amell@nyx.cs.du.edu (Andrew P.Mell)
Subject: Re: Sonamara
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 19:02:43 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.183951.8636@spuddy.uucp> arcturus@spuddy.uucp (Geoff Riley) writes:

>
>The letter was addressed from Peter Turnbull.... I'm sure I've heard that
>name somewhere else (no, it's not the editor of Acorn Computing - that's
>Steve Turnbull...)...
>
I seem to recall Peter Turnbull was a marketing manager or something similar
at Acorn a few years back. Dont know if my memory is correct though....

A
From: arcturus@spuddy.uucp (Geoff Riley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: C query.
Date: 16 Oct 92 21:05:40 GMT
Organization: Spuddy's Public Usenet Domain

In article <2qdtw7j025n@khantazi.welly.gen.nz> banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
>   Okay here is a little wee problem I am hoping some C type can answer for
>me. Quickly please, before I take to this compiler with a blunt
>instrument... :)

Not too difficult to explain.

I shall give a different example:

typedef struct fred {
	int an_int ;
	struct fred * next ;
	struct fred * prev ;
} fred ;

That is a declaration of two things: a struct called fred, which may be used
as:
	struct fred a_fred_variable ;
and a new type called fred, which may be used as:
	fred another_fred_variable ;

You would normally name the struct slightly differently in order to be able
to spot the difference easier.

Hope that helps.

I prefer assembler anyway ;-)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
From: rjh21@cl.cam.ac.uk (Richard Hayton)
Subject: Query - A5000 5.25 discs
Keywords: Query, 5.25,A5000,discs
Reply-To: rjh21@cl.cam.ac.uk (Richard Hayton)
Organization: Cambridge Computer Lab
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 13:09:42 GMT

I'm thinking of upgrading from an A440 to an A5000.
Does anyone out there know if I can use my existing 5.25" disc with
the A5000? Do I need any sort of interface - eg the one I already
have for the A440 or a different one ?

Rich.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: Real Icon Dragging.
From: julian@bridge.welly.gen.nz (Julian Wright)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 05:32:48 +1200
Reply-To: wright_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: USS Enterprise, NCC 1701a

bwc@waikato.ac.nz (Ug!) writes:

> Hi!  Could someone tell me what the FX call is to write the CMOS-RAM bit
> to turn the icon-dragging on?  (Assuming it still works in RiscOS 3.1)

*fx 162 28 3

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: Archimedes <-> Unix timestamp conversion
From: pgut1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 02:07:25 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland

In <1992Oct9.151738.20184@infodev.cam.ac.uk> idg10@cl.cam.ac.uk (I.D. Griffiths) writes:

>In article <1992Oct9.004808.4421@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>, pgut1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz
>(Peter Gutmann) writes:
>|> Does anyone know how to convert from the 5-byte file timestamp to the
>|> standard seconds-since-1970 4-byte Unix one?

>Yup, had to do that one this summer...

>Find out how to offset things from 1970 in Acorn format.  Easily done thus:
>[ stuff deleted ]
>This will give you a value to subtract from Acorn dates to get them relative to
>1970.
>Then, divide by 100.

The problem is - this *doesn't* work (or if it does it does a very good job
of seeming not to work :-).  What you've said is exactly what I did.  The
dates were completely wrong, and what's more the relationship between the
converted dates was nonlinear (I still haven't found out exactly what the
relationship is).  Email from someone else who's tried this indicates that
I'm not the only one who's had trouble with this.  Is there anyone out there
who has working C code to do the conversion from Unix <-> Acorn format?

Peter.
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From: psmcgarr@uk.ac.pow.genvax (Pete McGarrigle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: FileFS
Date: 15 Oct 92 11:43:25 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University

-- FileFS Arc --

ON ERROR PROCerror

REM Rubbish program to demonstrate the Pipe Filing System
REM ) 1992 Peter McGarrigle
REM psmcgarr@uk.ac.pow.genvax

REM I'll be buggered if I know what PipeFS is for or what it
REM can legally be used for. Any hints Acorn? Anyone?

REM from various tests, files stored in PipeFS
REM seem to be analogous to named FIFO buffers, storage
REM comes from RMA by the looks of things.

REM As far as I can tell, pipe files are automatically
REM deleted when the last byte is read and the 'input' 
REM and 'output' files are both closed.

pipe$="Pipe:$.TestPipe"

REM show PipeFS in filer window
*Filer_OpenDir Pipe:$

DIM taskid% 4,block% 256
$taskid%="TASK"
SYS "Wimp_Initialise",300,!taskid%,"Pipes" TO version%

op%=OPENOUT(pipe$) : REM create pipe before use?
CLOSE#op%          : REM won't work if I don't!

op%=OPENOUT(pipe$)
IF op%=0 THEN ERROR 1,"Cannot Open Output Pipe"
ip%=OPENIN(pipe$)
IF ip%=0 THEN ERROR 1,"Cannot Open Input Pipe"

FOR I%=0 TO 1000
  SYS "Wimp_Poll",0,block%
  PRINT #op%,I%               : REM Put data into Pipe
  INPUT #ip%,N%               : REM Get same data out!
  IF N%<>I% THEN ERROR 1,"Error in Pipe Data"
NEXT
CLOSE#op%
CLOSE#ip%

SYS "Wimp_CloseDown"
END

DEF PROCerror
  *Pipe:Close
  PRINT REPORT$;" at line ";ERL
  END
ENDPROC
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
From: goodwin@edieng.enet.dec.com (Pete Goodwin)
Subject: Re: problem with fprintf & DTC
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 10:45:31 GMT


In article <1992Oct7.143034.11275@waikato.ac.nz>, shunger@waikato.ac.nz writes...
>I'm having a problem with fprintf( using Desktop C
>when printf("%s\n",structure.feild); or printf(stdout,..) the program runs
>correctly

printf(stdout...) won't work, fprintf(stdout, ...) should.

>but when fprintf(file_pointer,...) is used the program aborts with
>run time system error: malloc failed (or something damn close to it)

*	Do you check file_pointer contains anything?

*	Increase your wimpslot - not enough memory.

Pete Goodwin
goodwin@system.enet.dec.com
From: cmb@ohm.york.ac.uk (Chris M Barnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: RISC OS 3.1 3-D Icons
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:02:23 GMT
Organization: Electronics Department, University of York, UK

jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA) writes:

[stuff deleted]

>>He goes on to comment "As with RISC OS 3.0, version 3.00, it is possible to
>>define alternative slabbing down colours". My question is - "how?".

>I wish I knew...

By trial and error I found that if you follow the validation string
e.g. "R2" with a comma and a second number then this number
corresponds to the slabbing colour. e.g. "R2,5"

Complicated effects occur if you are using EOR background colours.

> R - for bordered icons. The normal icon flagword 'BORDER' bit must be set.
>    0 = no border
>    1,2 = plinth up & down
>    3,4 = raised/lowered grouping border
>    5 = plinth up which indents when clicked
>    6 = 'ok' button (plinth with beige channel) which indents when clicked
>    7 = writable icon border

[more stuff deleted]

Christopher
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From: mjw19@cl.cam.ac.uk (M.J. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: C query.
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:55:06 GMT
Reply-To: mjw19@cl.cam.ac.uk (M.J. Williams)
Organization: The National Society for the Inversion of Cudddly Tigers

In article <1992Oct15.144310.3530@infodev.cam.ac.uk> I wrote:
>This defines an anonymous structure, and assigns it to the typedef filenode.
>You want something like:
>
>typedef struct filenode {
>   char *name;
>   char *comment;
>   struct filenode *next;
>   struct filenode *prev;
>   struct filenode *parent;
>   struct filenode *sublist;
>   [...]
>} filenode;

Oh, and use (filenode *) instead of (struct filenode *) for tidier programming.
Or, of course, leave out the typedef all together...
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
From: johny@cogs.sussex.ac.uk (Lord Yak Da Hairy)
Subject: Re: Impression and PDrivers: Messages
To: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Posted-Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 10: 17:26 +0100
Organization: The Devastating Rear Shot, Inc.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 09:17:26 GMT
Received-Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 04: 55:22 CDT
Via: uk.ac.sussex.syma; Thu, 15 Oct 1992 10: 19:56 +0100

In article <Bw42Ds.DIo@dcs.ed.ac.uk> gst@dcs.ed.ac.uk (George Taylor) writes:
>I have written a module which keeps a log of all file operations, using this
>I notice that when dragging the vertical scroll bar (continuous drag on)
>something opens and closes the PDrivers:Messages file many many times.
>It does not happen with any other task, only Impression.

I'm just guessing, but could this be something to do with Impression's
displaying the current print borders, and continually polling the printer
driver to see if they've changed?

Does it still do it if you turn "Display print borders" off in
Preferences?

-- John Yeates (Lord Yak Da Hairy) ---------------- johny@cogs.susx.ac.uk --
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From: rknight@gec-rl-hrc.co.uk (Roger Knight (B21))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: HELP! DeskJet500C print driver + Atomwide 8M RAM
Date: 7 Oct 92 10:33:56 GMT
Reply-To: <rknight@gec-rl-hrc.co.uk>
Organization: GEC Hirst Research Centre



   I've just bought a DeskJet 500C for my Arc. but it seems
there is a bug in the Acorns version 1 printer driver code
which hangs the machine if it has 8Mb of RAM fitted.  Acorn
fixed the bug in V2.24 of !PrinterLJ but both Ace and Risc
Developments (Beebug) based their 500C drivers on the version
1 Acorn source code.

   Can someone please suggest a bug fix for this?  Is there
any way to patch an SWI to make the machine look as though
there is only it only has 4Mb of RAM?  Does anyone at Acorn
known if I can overload an SWI in the printer RM to fix it
without loosing the Beebug/Ace printer RM code?

   I have Desktop C and know how to use CMHG, I don't have
an assembler (except BASIC).

   Using RiscOS3.1 !Printers would probably solve the problem
but Atomwide could't tell me which links are needed to make
their 8Mb RAM board see the larger RiscOS 3 ROM's on an R140.

   I'm absolutely desperate for a fix to this as my deadlines
for the Silicon Design conference are *VERY* close.  If I can't
get it working in the next few days I'll have to re-enter
everything on Harvard Graphics (YUK!!!!) at work to get some
colour output.

Thanks in advance,

Roger Knight
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
From: idg10@cl.cam.ac.uk (I.D. Griffiths)
Subject: Re: Acorn's pinboard does not follow their own rules (Bug)
Reply-To: idg10@phx.cam.ac.uk (I.D. Griffiths)
Organization: U of Cambridge, England
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:08:57 GMT


I would suggest seeing if Acorn's pinboard is loaded, and killing it if it is..

|> Come on Acorn surley you need to follow your own guidelines. 

...yeah!  right.

What I particularly liked about rthe last style guide from Acorn was the
number of times it points out where Acorn's own applications deviate...

Ian Griffiths
From: S.J.Schofield1@lut.ac.uk (Steve)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: BJ10 EX Paper Size
Date: 16 Oct 92 13:50:45 GMT
Reply-To: S.J.Schofield1@lut.ac.uk (Steve)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.

Please could somebody help me with setting the ideal page size for use with
the Cannon BJ10 EX.

I use mainly Impression II and Draw+.  I cant set my borders up properly. (I
create a A4 page on ImpII and some of the text in the box that is
automatically created does not print out.

It is very annoying that after every page I print from impII another page is
ejected.

I would be interested to know what page size and borders other people use.

THe paper I use is just standard A4 paper.

Steve
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
From: felixa@microsoft.com (Felix GTi Andrew)
Subject: Re: Mr Iconise, again
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:15:30 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <1992Oct11.231546.9456@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA) writes:
>OK. Thanks to the guys at Acorn who helped me out with the Iconise protocol
>messages. I have just one question:
>
>Is pinboard broken, or am I doing something wrong? (It's hard to tell because
>the instructions for Message_WindowInfo are so unhelpful and vague)

Oh thank g*d for that - I thought I was doing something wrong too.
Mr Glover kindly sent me information on how to iconise a window.
What I want to do is send a window a messge to inform it that its going to
be iconised - ie emulate a shift close. It may be much MUCH simpler for me
to simply send icon -3 a click message, but I'm not sure how to inform Wimp
that the shift key is down.

Anyway back to the plot - I tried this send message 17 with action code of
400CC to one of my windows and it never arrives - really odd. Upon return from
the SendMessage, R2 is my application task handle so I assume somewhere it got
to me, but not in my poll-loop.

PLEASE someone, could you tell me how to get this to work!

Thanks
	Felix

felixa@microsoft.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: C query.
From: jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 22:05:41 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland

banksie@khantazi.welly.gen.nz (Philip R. Banks) writes:

>The problems is thus I have defined a structure like so :-

>typedef struct {
>...
>   struct filenode *next;
>   struct filenode *prev;
>   struct filenode *parent;
>   struct filenode *sublist;
>...
>} filenode;

>...
>if ...scratch->next->prev = (struct filenode *) newnode;


I think your problem lies with your use of the word 'struct':

Probably, changing the cast to (filenode *) will be all that is necessary.
This is because now that you have defined 'filenode' as a TYPE you don't
need to use the 'struct' to identify it as a struct.

This may still cause problems (as 'filenode *' may be regarded as a different
type from 'struct filenode *' and thus give an implicit cast error/warning)

For such recursive definitions, I typically use something like:

typedef struct _bob
{
  _bob *thingo;    /* or possibly 'struct _bob *' ... my memory is dim */
} bob;

... it defines a struct type _bob that you can use in the declaration but
afterwards you use 'bob' everywhere (i.e. bob *mypointer). This should
work fine.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
From: felixa@microsoft.com (Felix GTi Andrew)
Subject: Re: Hard disc formatters! HELP!
Date: 07 Oct 92 21:45:05 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <1992Oct4.153147.16540@infodev.cam.ac.uk> crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones) writes:
>
>Yes - the problem is a bug in RiscOS 3.0, which is fixed in 3.1 . The
>only drives I have known to work as a master with slave attached on
>the A5000 under RO3.0 are Conner and Samsung. I hear rumours that a
>few more will work in a one-drive configuration.

Well thanks to some acorn mail that I got a year ago I managed to connect
a spare 130Mg Connor as a slave to the 40Mg connor supplied with the machine.
And boy is it lovely and fast - yum yum yum -
>
>(Gripe: Why couldn't Acorn put a few more LED slots along the fascia
>of the A5000? It would be nice to have independent drive lights for
>two hard discs, if you have them fitted.)

I agree. Also its VERY hard to stick drives into the boxes, I wanted to
put in a 600Mg drive and it wouldnt fit - grump grump grump.

Thanks
	Felix
From: gilbertd@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (David Alan Gilbert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: Impression and PDrivers:Messages
Date: 15 Oct 92 07:37:57 GMT

I suspect that impression is trying to re-read the physical
page size and borders.

Dave
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From: gst@dcs.ed.ac.uk (George Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Impression and PDrivers:Messages
Date: 14 Oct 92 12:22:40 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh

I have written a module which keeps a log of all file operations, using this
I notice that when dragging the vertical scroll bar (continuous drag on) something
opens and closes the PDrivers:Messages file many many times. I do not know what does
this or what is read out of the file. I am using RO3.1 (A5000) and Impression 2.17.
Has anyone encountered this before, know why it happens or known how to stop it?
If Resources (the filing system) was moved to disk (eg different territory) then
this operation could become slow. It does not happen with any other task, only
Impression.

--
George
From: bwc@waikato.ac.nz (Ug!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: C query.
Date: 16 Oct 92 09:49:39 +1300
Reply-To: banksie@khantazi.welly.gen.nz
Keywords: C, typedef, struct, self
Organization: Vooniersity fo Kaiwato

Philip R. Banks writes:
>    Okay here is a little wee problem I am hoping some C type can answer for
> me. Quickly please, before I take to this compiler with a blunt
> instrument... :)
> 
> The problems is thus I have defined a structure like so :-
> 
> typedef struct {
>    char *name;
>    char *comment;
>    struct filenode *next;
>    struct filenode *prev;
>    struct filenode *parent;
>    struct filenode *sublist;
>    int load;
>    int exec;
>    int length;
>    char flag;
> } filenode;

Hmm.  Well, I can see problems already!  The type name 'filenode' isn't defined
within the structure definition!  It's not defined until the end of the typedef
has been reached.

Try this instead:

    struct _filenode
      {
        char             *name,
                         *comment;
        struct _filenode *next,
                         *prev,
                         *parent,
                         *sublist;
        int              load,
                         exec,
                         length;
        char             flag;
      };

    typedef struct _filenode filenode, *filenodeptr;

This will define the types correctly (I also tend to define a pointer type:
in this case, 'filenodeptr').

> [more code deleted]
> 
> With the last line being the problem one. The compiler gives me the serious
> error number 140 " 'struct filenode' not yet defined - cannot be selected
> from ". Now given that the structure is defined in the *same* file I find
> this a little hard to believe. Also the if statement is in the same scope as
> the declaration of the variable scratch.

See above.

>    So can anyone answer what I am doing wrong that the Norcroft compiler is
> soooo helpfully not telling me? 

Not the Norcroft compiler, I'm afraid.  You would have similar problems with
*any* ANSI C compiler.  You simply *cannot* reference a typedef name until
*after* it is defined: this means that referencing the name *during* the
definition will not work.

>    I knew there was a good reason for sticking to Assembler. <mumble)
> <mumble).

...or learning the language (whatever it may be) that you are using... ;-}

								Ug!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
From: Steve@klaatu.demon.co.uk (Steve Loft)
ReplyTo: Steve@klaatu.demon.co.uk
Subject: Playing foreign sound files
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.18 $
Organization: home
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 12:47:14 +0000

Is there any (preferably PD) Arc software which can play .wav and Sun
au format sound samples?

Steve
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|  Doncaster,                                                             |
|  South Yorks.                                                           |
From: bwc@waikato.ac.nz (Ug!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: Real Icon Dragging.
Date: 9 Oct 92 13:07:33 +1300
Organization: Vooniersity fo Kaiwato

Steffan writes:
> I wrote:
>>Hi!  Could someone tell me what the FX call is to write the CMOS-RAM bit
>>to turn the icon-dragging on?  (Assuming it still works in RiscOS 3.1)
> 
> Me too.

Okay - the multiple answers I receives stated that *FX 162, 28, 3 should do
it.  However, a better way which came from one of the Acorn people was this
small 'proglet':

REM Toggle DragASprite

SYS "OS_Byte", 161, &1c TO ,,byte%
byte% = byte% EOR 2
SYS "OS_Byte", 162, &1c, byte%

In this way, it makes sure that the CMOS RAM check-bits are still okay.

Have fun!
         							Ug!
From: r_voisey@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (R Voisey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: Hard disc formatters! HELP!
Date: 8 Oct 92 12:04:54 GMT
Reply-To: r_voisey@csd.bristol-poly.ac.uk
Organization: The University of the West of England (The Magic Roundabout)

I'm replying to this in news because a few people are interested and I couldn't be
bothered to get mail through to all of them!

In article <1992Oct07.213930.28699@microsoft.com>, felixa@microsoft.com (Felix GTi Andrew) writes:
|> Cool - does this allow me to connect a Compaq or a Dell keyboard to my arc?
|> My Compaq has one of those BIG connectors, and the Dell has a little one.

It supports any IBM-AT compatible keyboard.  Kbds with a large 5 pin DIN will
plug straight in - the small min DIN connectors require an adapter which we
can supply or which you can get from any PC dealer.

|> Also I use Microsoft Ballpoint mice - can I connect these too?

If it emulates a standard Microsoft Mouse, or a 3 button PC Mouse, then
yes you can.  In fact two serial pointing devices and one bus pointing
device can be connected and used simultaneously (movements are
cumulative).  The bus mouse can be an Archimedes mouse or a PC mouse.

|> Do you provide a switcher with them too so that I can switch the output of
|> the input decives to different processors?

I think what you're asking is whether you can use the keyboard/mouse with
both the Archimedes and a PC via a switch of some kind.  We don't
provide such a switch, but a few people have suggested this might be a
good idea.  I'm going to check to see if such a thing is already
available, and if it is I'll get some.  Otherwise, I might consider
building some.

|> How much do they cost?

I'll Email the commercial details to you.  NB The price is in BAU, and
we'll be knocking 10 quid off at BAU92.

Cheers

Bob

Disclaimer
I believe that these details are correct but I cannot guarantee it.
I only designed the thing, someone else is marketting it.

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From: smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
Subject: Re: Real Icon Dragging.
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:49:00 GMT
Organization: Nottingham University

In article <19260@acorn.co.uk> mhardy@acorn.co.uk (Michael Hardy) writes:
>In article <1992Oct7.182116.15067@cs.nott.ac.uk> smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) writes:

>>The easiest way (although it is cheating somewhat) is to type
>>*FX 162,28,3. This enables solid icon drags with shadows.
>
>Without wishing to sound too critical, this is not a good way to do it,
>since you are also altering the state of seven other bits which control
>other aspects of FileSwitch and the Wimp.

Please do sound critical! The quote does point out that using the FX command
"is cheating somewhat". I don't suppose you could elaborate on the rest of
the CMOS RAM bit allocations, or do we have to wait for the PRMs?

Simon B.
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