User guide

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Software issues
Acorn PC Soft - locked hard disc
If you run PC Soft on a computer with a locked hard disc you cannot
write to the hard disc DOS partition. If you want to write to the hard
disc, you must quit PC Soft, unlock the hard disc, and then start PC
Soft again.
Pinboard
Quitting Pinboard with iconised windows
You should not normally quit the Pinboard using the Tasks display.
However if you do, make sure that any iconised windows are opened
before you quit the Pinboard application. If you quit the Pinboard
from the Task manager/Tasks window while you have windows
iconised, these windows disappear. If these windows contain modified
data, this data can be lost.
Removing the backdrop to improve available memory
The !MemNow application gives you early warning when memory is
running low. !MemNow can be found in the Diversions directory.
If your computer is running low on memory, removing the backdrop
can release quite a large chunk. Depending on the screen mode and
which backdrop is being used, it can take up to 256K to operate.
Using *Configure MonitorType
In normal use you should not need to use *Configure MonitorType
on your Acorn Risc PC. However, if you do wish to use this facility
you might wish to note the following:
• When a monitor is configured, !Boot performs a
* LoadModeFile. This replaces the configured monitor type with
monitor type 7; this disables your monitor type setting. To avoid
this, use !Boot to configure the monitor type to Auto before using
*Configure MonitorType.
• Monitor type 7 is used as a special monitor type meaning 'this
monitor's behaviour is determined by a loaded mode file'. You
must not configure this monitor type using
*Configure MonitorType.