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Re: RISC OS 3.10

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From: Nick Smith
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 11:38
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In article <1992Sep6.230410.4489@cs.nott.ac.uk> smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) writes:
>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.

It is not your *country* configuration - it is your *territories* configuration
Look in your welcome/user guide. Your Territory should be set to 1 for UK I
think.
(I did try and email you about this on Saturday Simon - but have had lots of
failure messages from your site ... )

Nick.
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