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Re: RISC OS 3.10

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From: Simon Burrows
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 23:04
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In article <1992Sep6.095131.3855@cl.cam.ac.uk> nbvs@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nicko van Someren) writes:
>In article <1992Sep5.185031.23487@cs.nott.ac.uk> smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) writes:
>>
>>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?
>
>I think you will find it is wanting a disc containing the text to all the
>messages etc. in some language other than english.  Take a good look at
>your country configuration.

Thanks for your answers to both of my questions. I have checked the
country configuration, and it is set to UK. No modules are unplugged,
and furthermore, the computer does not appear to look for any files
once a key has been pressed.

SimonB.
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From: smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows)
Subject: Re: RISC OS 3.10
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