I have an Acorn Master that appears to be partially working. It powers up but >only to the * prompt. I notice that it has a number of programmed EPROMs and >wonder if they've faded over time.
I also Have a mismatched pair of disk drives - one is 5.25 and the other is 3.5
Finally I have a *huge* mix of 5.25 and 3.5 floppys.
I'm in Chatham
On Sat, 6 Jun 2026 18:09:22 +0100
Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> wrote:
I have an Acorn Master that appears to be partially working. It
powers up but only to the * prompt. I notice that it has a number of >programmed EPROMs and wonder if they've faded over time.
I also Have a mismatched pair of disk drives - one is 5.25 and the
other is 3.5 Finally I have a *huge* mix of 5.25 and 3.5 floppys.
I'm in ChathamForgot to mention I also have a fully working Microvitec Cub monitor,
with a pin sharp and bright display!
I have an Acorn Master that appears to be partially working. It
powers up but only to the * prompt. I notice that it has a number of programmed EPROMs and wonder if they've faded over time.
I also Have a mismatched pair of disk drives - one is 5.25 and the
other is 3.5 Finally I have a *huge* mix of 5.25 and 3.5 floppys.
I'm in Chatham
On Sat, 6 Jun 2026 18:09:22 +0100 Folderol <general@musically.me.uk>
wrote:
I have an Acorn Master that appears to be partially working. It
powers up but only to the * prompt. I notice that it has a number of programmed EPROMs and wonder if they've faded over time. I also Have
a mismatched pair of disk drives - one is 5.25 and the other is 3.5 Finally I have a *huge* mix of 5.25 and 3.5 floppys.
I'm in Chatham
It's probably because the battery is dead. Try holding CTRL-D and press
break to see if it'll bring you into BASIC with a DFS 1770 prompt or
similar.
also try *STATUS and see what Language number is configured, if it's
not 12 then try
In article <20260606231238.7656cbed@wibble.sysadmininc.com>, Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jun 2026 18:09:22 +0100 Folderol <general@musically.me.uk>
wrote:
I have an Acorn Master that appears to be partially working. It
powers up but only to the * prompt. I notice that it has a
number of programmed EPROMs and wonder if they've faded over
time. I also Have a mismatched pair of disk drives - one is
5.25 and the other is 3.5 Finally I have a *huge* mix of 5.25
and 3.5 floppys.
I'm in Chatham
It's probably because the battery is dead. Try holding CTRL-D and
press break to see if it'll bring you into BASIC with a DFS 1770
prompt or similar.
also try *STATUS and see what Language number is configured, if
it's not 12 then try
Interesting. That prompted me to check my FAST Pi Compute Module
4 RISC OS 5.31 and it showed language 11. Is there somewhere a
list of the numbers related to languages? Couldn't find anything in
the User Guide.
In article <5ce553d02amec@npost.uk>,
Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> wrote:
In article <20260606231238.7656cbed@wibble.sysadmininc.com>, Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jun 2026 18:09:22 +0100 Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> wrote:
I have an Acorn Master that appears to be partially working. It
powers up but only to the * prompt. I notice that it has a
number of programmed EPROMs and wonder if they've faded over
time. I also Have a mismatched pair of disk drives - one is
5.25 and the other is 3.5 Finally I have a *huge* mix of 5.25
and 3.5 floppys.
I'm in Chatham
It's probably because the battery is dead. Try holding CTRL-D and
press break to see if it'll bring you into BASIC with a DFS 1770
prompt or similar.
also try *STATUS and see what Language number is configured, if
it's not 12 then try
Interesting. That prompted me to check my FAST Pi Compute Module
4 RISC OS 5.31 and it showed language 11. Is there somewhere a
list of the numbers related to languages? Couldn't find anything in
the User Guide.
No, because I think the number refers to the module number (see
*modules) in the ROM for that machine, and the of modules has varied
over time.
Here it is 18, which is Desktop in the Titanium.
In article <5ce555181cNews04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
In article <5ce553d02amec@npost.uk>,
Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> wrote:
Interesting. That prompted me to check my FAST Pi Compute
Module 4 RISC OS 5.31 and it showed language 11. Is there
somewhere a list of the numbers related to languages? Couldn't
find anything in the User Guide.
No, because I think the number refers to the module number (see
*modules) in the ROM for that machine, and the of modules has
varied over time.
Here it is 18, which is Desktop in the Titanium.
That sort of think could confuse a bear of little brain.
If you do a *Modules (or more exactly a *RomModules) command, it will
list the modules that are in the ROM at the start. They are in a fixed position (as they are in ROM) for each version/machine combination.
The Language number is set by a *Conmfiguration command, and specifies
the module that will become active as a 'language' after the machine
has booted.
Normally this is the Desktop module (which starts in the desktop), but
it could be the BASIC module (which would start with a BASIC prompt),
or the UtilityModule (which I think is the one to start with an *
command prompt). No doubt others are available!
In article <5ce568446bNews04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
[Snip]
If you do a *Modules (or more exactly a *RomModules) command, it
will list the modules that are in the ROM at the start. They are
in a fixed position (as they are in ROM) for each version/machine combination.
The Language number is set by a *Conmfiguration command, and
specifies the module that will become active as a 'language'
after the machine has booted.
Normally this is the Desktop module (which starts in the
desktop), but it could be the BASIC module (which would start
with a BASIC prompt), or the UtilityModule (which I think is the
one to start with an * command prompt). No doubt others are
available!
There's an app I've been using for a lot of years called "Verma"
(By Lenny and it's noted as Freeware), which does that business,
and it has a switch for all or either modules displays, including
number positions.
It does work on RISC OS 5.nn as well.
In article <5ce5971c60dave@triffid.co.uk>,
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <5ce568446bNews04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
There's an app I've been using for a lot of years called "Verma"
(By Lenny and it's noted as Freeware), which does that business,
and it has a switch for all or either modules displays, including
number positions.
Yes indeed, but the numbers it gives are different to *RomModules!
It does.It does work on RISC OS 5.nn as well.
Agreed.
In article <5ce5971c60dave@triffid.co.uk>,
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <5ce568446bNews04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
[Snip]
If you do a *Modules (or more exactly a *RomModules) command, it
will list the modules that are in the ROM at the start. They are
in a fixed position (as they are in ROM) for each version/machine combination.
The Language number is set by a *Conmfiguration command, and
specifies the module that will become active as a 'language'
after the machine has booted.
Normally this is the Desktop module (which starts in the
desktop), but it could be the BASIC module (which would start
with a BASIC prompt), or the UtilityModule (which I think is the
one to start with an * command prompt). No doubt others are
available!
There's an app I've been using for a lot of years called "Verma"
(By Lenny and it's noted as Freeware), which does that business,
and it has a switch for all or either modules displays, including
number positions.
Yes indeed, but the numbers it gives are different to *RomModules!
It does work on RISC OS 5.nn as well.
Agreed.
In article <5ce5a34348News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
In article <5ce5971c60dave@triffid.co.uk>,
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
There's an app I've been using for a lot of years called
"Verma" (By Lenny and it's noted as Freeware), which does that
business, and it has a switch for all or either modules
displays, including number positions.
Yes indeed, but the numbers it gives are different to *RomModules!
Do you mean version numbers or the count of how many modules there
are?
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