In article <[email protected]>, Bob Latham <[email protected]> wrote: > In article <[email protected]>, Jim Lesurf > <[email protected]> wrote: > > In article <[email protected]>, Bob Latham > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In article <[email protected]>, Jim Lesurf > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Where can I find this self extracting item? Not seen any mention of > > > this anywhere else. > > http://www.davidpilling.net/splug.bas > > Note this is a BBC BASIC file. When fetching or downloading take care > > if using a browser that the process doesn't fiddle with the content. > > If you have 'wget' or similar use that to download to a file. > > Change the name to splug,ffb (comma and filetype again). Then put it > > in the hostfs directory. The start RPCEmu and run it as a BBC BASIC > > program with RPCEmu. It should then give you a copy of sparkplug on > > you hostfs drive. > I used 'wget' to aquire the file and placed it in hostfs. I then > renamamed it to include the ,ffb. I then ran the emulator and chose the > command line option from the menu. I don't follow the last part of that. IIRC I'd expect the following: Using windows, put the file into the "hostfs" directory as "splug,ffb". Now run RPCEmu and look inside its 'hard disc' called "hostfs" by clicking on it just like a normal RO drive. That should show you "splug" as a BASIC file. You then run this in the normal way by double-clicking on it. It then should create a copy of sparkplug. Had you already installed the simple !Boot from the first method I suggested, or tried the second to get the RO4 'universal boot'? > I then typed *hostfs and then *. and it did show the files in hostsfs. I > then typed *basic and got the basic header. I take it this means the > 4.39 rom is running? > I then tried CHAIN "splug" and this looks better, I got > Sparkplug self-extract routine BASIC File name '.!SparkPlug' not > recognised at line 1260 If there is a leading "." you may need to edit the line. But I'm afraid I don't immediately recognise the problem. For all I know it is Windows specific so I'd know nothing about that, alas. If no-one else here does and explains, ask on one of the acorn newsgroups Slainte, Jim -- Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html _______________________________________________ Rpcemu mailing list [email protected] http://www.riscos.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpcemu
