Is it possible to get a piece of software which will enable me to run
my 3a backup on my PC running Windows XP?
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Alasdair.
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Is it possible to get a piece of software which will enable me to run
my 3a backup on my PC running Windows XP?
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Alasdair.
Alasdair wrote:[color=blue]
> Is it possible to get a piece of software which will enable me to run
> my 3a backup on my PC running Windows XP?
>[/color]
The 3a emulator will only work in "native" DOS, not the Dos box in
either Windows or OS/2. However, if you have Virtual PC, you could
install it in there, which would allow you to have the emulator running
on your desktop.
Stuart
"Srtgray" <srtgrayNOT@clara.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1139562857.1533.0@ersa.uk.clara.net...[color=blue]
> Alasdair wrote:[color=green]
> > Is it possible to get a piece of software which will enable me to run
> > my 3a backup on my PC running Windows XP?
> >[/color]
> The 3a emulator will only work in "native" DOS, not the Dos box in
> either Windows or OS/2. However, if you have Virtual PC, you could
> install it in there, which would allow you to have the emulator running
> on your desktop.
>
> Stuart[/color]
Or install the 3a emulator on a bootable floppy disk, under DOS.
Simple and much faster than booting windows - any version.
Alan
Alan Morris wrote:[color=blue]
> Or install the 3a emulator on a bootable floppy disk, under DOS.
>
> Simple and much faster than booting windows - any version.[/color]
But you will find that DOS won't read the NTFS format filestore on your hard
disk, so if you want to transfer any files to/from the emulator then they
will also have to go via the floppy. That also applies to the mapping of the
A, B and M SSDs that the emulator expects to see: they will all have to be
on the floppy.
You could also try running under "DOSbox" from
[url]http://dosbox.sourceforge.net[/url]. It has some limitations, like all the alarm
sounds do not make the right noise, and I haven't yet got the serial port to
work...
Mike.
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In article <dslpvb$qsd$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, Mike Coon wrote:[color=blue]
> But you will find that DOS won't read the NTFS format filestore on your hard
> disk,
>[/color]
Errr, I think that XP *requires* an NTFS *boot* partition, but it can
still *handle* FAT and FAT32 partitions, even if it doesn't like them. So if
your partitioning scheme includes the usual range of file systems, you should
be able to read some of the drives. Just store the spion-related data on a FAT
partition.
Caveat - I've never set up a legal copy of XP, nor a copy that I was
ever going to use myself, so there may be capabilities and/ or limitations on
XP that I've not encountered.
Doesn't XP have yet-another version of NTFS compared to Win2K's version
and WinNT's version?
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Written at Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:27 GMT
Aidan Karley wrote:
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> In article <dslpvb$qsd$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, Mike Coon wrote:[color=green]
>> But you will find that DOS won't read the NTFS format filestore on your
>> hard disk,
>>[/color]
> Errr, I think that XP *requires* an NTFS *boot* partition, but it
> can
> still *handle* FAT and FAT32 partitions, even if it doesn't like them. So
> if your partitioning scheme includes the usual range of file systems, you
> should be able to read some of the drives. Just store the spion-related
> data on a FAT partition.
>[/color]
I have XP on my laptop installed on a FAT32 partition. (Don't know about
the boot partition though.) Everything works just fine.
Hi Alasdair,
Which Patience game? If you mean the inbuilt game, press the "Help" key for instructions.
Most good SiBO programs have a built-in help system accessed through the "Help" key. The SiBO keyboard is unusual in having a key actually marked (and dedicated to) "Help".
Beats the sh1t out of Micro$oft!
Take care,
Phil.
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Iordani wrote:[color=blue]
> Aidan Karley wrote:
>[color=green]
>> In article <dslpvb$qsd$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, Mike Coon wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> But you will find that DOS won't read the NTFS format filestore on
>>> your hard disk,
>>>[/color]
>> Errr, I think that XP *requires* an NTFS *boot* partition,
>> but it can
>> still *handle* FAT and FAT32 partitions, even if it doesn't like
>> them. So if your partitioning scheme includes the usual range of
>> file systems, you should be able to read some of the drives. Just
>> store the spion-related data on a FAT partition.
>>[/color]
> I have XP on my laptop installed on a FAT32 partition. (Don't know
> about the boot partition though.) Everything works just fine.[/color]
Conversely, I don't know if DOS/emulator can cope with FAT32! I guess it can
since I suppose that was what I had under Win95 etc to get long file names.
I've discovered another limitation of emulator under DOSbox, though: DOSbox
maps most Cntrl-Function key combinations for its own purposes. I am only
gradually learning how to unmap so that the Psion Series-3 combinations are
available instead...
Mike.
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Captain's log. On StarDate Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:06:52 +0000 received comm from
[email]phil.see.website@invalid.co.uk[/email] (Phil Aypee) on channel comp.sys.psion.misc:
: Hi Alasdair,
:
: Which Patience game? If you mean the inbuilt game, press the "Help" key for instructions.
:
: Most good SiBO programs have a built-in help system accessed through the "Help" key. The SiBO keyboard is unusual in having a key actually marked (and dedicated to) "Help".
:
: Beats the sh1t out of Micro$oft!
F1
martin
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Martin T wrote:[color=blue]
> Captain's log. On StarDate Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:06:52 +0000 received comm from
> [email]phil.see.website@invalid.co.uk[/email] (Phil Aypee) on channel comp.sys.psion.misc:
>
> : Hi Alasdair,
> :
> : Which Patience game? If you mean the inbuilt game, press the "Help" key for instructions.
> :
> : Most good SiBO programs have a built-in help system accessed through the "Help" key. The SiBO keyboard is unusual in having a key actually marked (and dedicated to) "Help".
> :
> : Beats the sh1t out of Micro$oft!
>
> F1
>
> martin
>[/color]
No F1 key (or any "F" keys) on my Jornada 680
Stuart
Mike Coon wrote:
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> Conversely, I don't know if DOS/emulator can cope with FAT32! I guess it can
> since I suppose that was what I had under Win95 etc to get long file names.
>
> I've discovered another limitation of emulator under DOSbox, though: DOSbox
> maps most Cntrl-Function key combinations for its own purposes. I am only
> gradually learning how to unmap so that the Psion Series-3 combinations are
> available instead...[/color]
Emulator under XP Home with DOSbox can write to NTFS as easy as FAT32.
(By which I mean you cannot create directories.)
A positive feature is that DOSbox only recognises Drives you tell it about
and so I set my windows Desktop as Drive D:
Hi Martin,
Micros**t originally wanted F4 to be the help key but F1 was a better idea. But, as far as I know, no DOSS or Windoze computer actually has a key called "Help".
But my 3as, 3cs and 3mx have (and I believe my 3 had too). I think the Siena and WorkABOUT are similarly well-endowed.
Are there *any* non-SiBO computers with a truly dedicated help key? I seem to remember the BBC (Acorn) had one and maybe the Sinclair. It's a good idea as a dedicated help key would make a proper help file more likely, especially if there is a dedicated
Take care,
Phil.
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