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Pluto and StrongED. 5 30 (9/5/2012 12:21:43 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Just occasionally I feel the need to edit a newsgroup 'post' after I've 'sent' it - but obviously before Newshound has actually done so. Clicking on it makes StrongED claim it, and if I make any alterations a... Dave

Ear ear, Pluto 21 33 (7/28/2012 12:52:04 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps If I type 'ear' Pluto changes it to 'piece' (without Spell appearing) Only way I can actually write that word is to use another which contains the letters and edit it. Never happens with any other word. ... Dave

PC card #2 1 25 (6/1/2012 3:48:53 PM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware I have a 586 co-processor PC card for an RPC lying around - that's the one with the fan on the processor. Is it worth the effort of putting on Ebay? -- *All generalizations are false. Dave Plowman ... Dave

Blitz abd Boot 0 21 (5/28/2012 11:56:17 AM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware I have a SA RPC with a Blitz card running RO 4.39 soft load. Two HDs and a CD rom and CD writer - the RPC IDE buss not used. It used to hang badly at boot. Blitz instructions say to unplug CDFSSoftATAPI, w... Dave

HTLM - base64 and Pluto 7 21 (5/22/2012 10:14:03 AM) comp.sys.acorn.apps I seem to be getting recently an increasing number of emails which are blank but with an HTML attachment. Click on the attachment and this is also blank. Export the file and drop into Attacher then set the file... Dave

!MonopolyCal 1 26 (4/29/2012 11:51:07 AM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Won't run here with 4.39. Get 'application may have gone wrong' and on clicking 'describe' get 'ABClibrary not loaded'. But according to Verma it is. -- *Drugs may lead to nowhere, but at least it's the scen... Dave

FontEd 4 27 (3/30/2012 9:55:32 AM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Had an occasion where I wanted to use FontEd, and it doesn't load on either RPC, both running 4.39. Can't remember when I last used it - if indeed ever. I don't even know where it came from. Is there an update... Dave

Loading a scan into ProCAD+ 13 35 (1/12/2012 6:09:07 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps When requiring to make a drawing of something - like say a PCB - I scan the PCB on my flat bed scanner, using DPlingScan, and if saved as a Drawfile can drop it into DrawWorksXL where it comes out as the actual... Dave

Archiving articles from Pluto 8 31 (1/4/2012 12:01:15 AM) comp.sys.acorn.apps On my other RPC, I have older articles and emails I wished to keep moved out of Pluto into another application which shares the Pluto icon. And I can't remember how I did this. This machine says Pluto is using ... Dave

From another group... 2 37 (12/15/2011 3:12:38 PM) comp.sys.acorn.misc From: ian batten Subject: Re: train spotters Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:05 Newsgroups: uk.tech.digital-tv [snip] I've been using Linux for assorted tasks since about 1993, and I've got Unix pedigree going bac... Dave

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s-video output 13 34 (5/20/2012 10:56:15 AM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware I see that Rick has s-video output working with the Beagle. Resolution is now up to 720 x 576 60Hz - what is the maximum res for which s-video is capable of? There seems to be adaptors (just sockets/plug) for... cferris (966)

HTLM - base64 and Pluto 7 21 (5/22/2012 10:14:03 AM) comp.sys.acorn.apps I seem to be getting recently an increasing number of emails which are blank but with an HTML attachment. Click on the attachment and this is also blank. Export the file and drop into Attacher then set the file... dave137 (2984)

pdf oddity 15 37 (6/4/2012 2:20:36 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps The local Vodafone Catalogue [3.6MB] http://vodafone.com.gh/Personal/Media/Catalogue_Web/110810_VF_Catalogue.aspx is a 15 page PDF file, which displays correctly in Adobe Reader. However, in RISC OS, PDF 3... old_coaster (1262)

Creating DWG or DXF files 28 45 (6/8/2012 4:28:47 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps We need to provide a sheet metal fabricator a file in DWG or DXF format. It will be fairly simple with various rectangular and round holes. Artworks is quite good at inputing the information and I think y... chris8168 (2923)

SharedCLib & my RiscPC 19 42 (7/7/2012 12:30:42 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Hi, I'm writing from my VA machine so can't follow the thread as my RiscPC has given up the ghost. When I switched on today all hell broke loose. Here is the gist... An error occured during Boot Disc... cvjazz (137)

Ear ear, Pluto 21 33 (7/28/2012 12:52:04 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps If I type 'ear' Pluto changes it to 'piece' (without Spell appearing) Only way I can actually write that word is to use another which contains the letters and edit it. Never happens with any other word. ... dave137 (2984)

I do need more disc space (NFS?) 47 32 (7/31/2012 5:33:46 AM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware Hi all, yesterday I run into a problem: The space of my internal hard disc (1600 megabyte) is used up / stuffed up / cramed. There are a lot of data which I don't need normally but have to keep to trace ba... bavariasound1 (190)

Expected lifetime of Beagle / Panda boards 8 34 (8/22/2012 3:32:51 PM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware What is the expected lifetime of Beagle / Panada-board? Besides the problems with supply power units (SPUs) and CMOS batteries, all of my three Acorn computers (A7000+, RISC PC 600, Kinetic RISC PC) are ha... bavariasound1 (190)

Pluto and StrongED. 5 30 (9/5/2012 12:21:43 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Just occasionally I feel the need to edit a newsgroup 'post' after I've 'sent' it - but obviously before Newshound has actually done so. Clicking on it makes StrongED claim it, and if I make any alterations a... dave137 (2984)

Programmer Analyst #2 1 24 (9/10/2012 3:31:12 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Hi, This is Mac smith, - Recruitment and Resources from SancroSoft USA Inc. We have an urgent requirement as follows: Please respond with resumes in MS-Word Format with the following details to mac@sancr... vani.sancrosoftusa1 (2)