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Neil Riley wrote:
Neil/
> I shall be taking a peek inside my Aurora today and implementing
> some minor changes, SGC battery, connecting the 3.5" to the other
> SGC socket. I will check out the Mouse connector and see where it
> connects to, 'board side', will check connectors etc as it could of
> worked loose in transit. Just for the record, I have tested with
> a Serial mouse and a PS2 mouse via a convertor, both with and without
> the KVM switch being involved.
Check on a PC that the serial mouse is working. sH can cope with two and
three button mice, but the PC will need a two button one (MS if there is
a switch under the mouse).
>
> You'll be pleased to know that I have and am reading the RomDisq and
> SHermes manuals. :-) , One question though, is there an easy way to
> detect within Sbasic ( or any other language) the presence of RomDisq?
The easiest way is to open a known file on RomDisq. If there is an error
then RomDisq is either not there, or faulty. I do not know how error
support is implemented under SMSQ - but using that you could ensure the
test does not crash the program.
There might be a system PEEK, but I don't know.
I would recommend booting entirely off RomDisq. I even have a RESPR
version of the qubide driver that loads using a ramn file on ROmDisq.
This means that you have a usable system even if the hard disk has
troubles. I also put all my programs on RomDisq. I very rarely write
to it. Make sure though that you have a back-up boot floppy that loads
the sH drivers. That way you are covered even if RomDisq (and HD) fail.
Sorry for my confusing feedback. I have not had to configure anything
on my sH for so many years now.
Tony
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