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Article #118RISC OS 3.10
From: Simon Burrows
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 18:50
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 18:50
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Two observations from using RISC OS 3.10 on my A440/1: 1) When I switch on, a huge blue floppy disc is displayed on screen, with what looks like a !System folder icon on it. Also the bottom few pixels of the picture look to be corrupted. What is this for? It waits for a key press before booting, but does not appear to do anything. I can only guess that it is a prompt to insert a System disc. No modules are unplugged, so I assume that it is caused by an undocumented CMOS bit. I could do a power on reset, but I would prefer to know what it is for and what caused its sudden appearance. 2) Occasionally (3 times so far) I have been going about my business in the desktop, when I have got the error "!!! CAM Map Corrupt!!!" (note the exclamation marks), which promptly kills the task manager. Any clues to what causes these would be much appreciated. Simon.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!nott-cs!smb From: smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) Subject: RISC OS 3.10 Message-ID: <1992Sep5.185031.23487@cs.nott.ac.uk> Organization: Nottingham University Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 18:50:31 GMT Lines: 19