On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 12:19:21AM +0000, Steve Fryatt wrote: > > #v+ Note: RISC OS Select ROM image files are not usable directly as they > > are compressed. To use them please boot them and use the 'Extract from a > > running RISC OS machine' instructions below. Alternative if you have a > > linux machine, use this method to decompress them. > > > > > > bash> tail -c +21 Select.rom > Select.Z bash> uncompress Select.Z #v- > > > > So I downloaded ROM 3.71, but it doesn't work as described on the page: > > > > $ tail -c +21 risocs-3.71.rom > Select.Z $ uncompress Select.Z Select.Z: > > not in compressed format > > > > Not sure - did I do anything wrong, or that description on the page is > > faulty? > > 3.71 isn't Select, so the ROM isn't compressed to start with. > > Select was the soft-loaded versions of RISC OS 4.mumble (4.2x or so onwards, > IIRC), which were a file on disc that was softloaded into RAM on boot. That > file was compressed, so you either need to load it into a machine and grab > the image from RAM, or decompress the file contents yourself. > > That doesn't apply to the RISC OS 3 ROMs (or the 4.02 images sold by 3QD), > because they're not compressed. Uncompress is just telling you this!
That's why I raised my question: "uncompress is telling me this" - while description on web-page says something opposite. Thanks. Now for the other problems: managed to run version 0.8.15, since Slackware has Qt4, not Qt5. It seems to be working, but I'm unable to find a menu, which are mentioned in manual: "RPCEmu contains a menu to access most of the configurable aspects of the program." Where is this menu? The only menu I was able to open is "Pinboard" menu, which can be recalled with middle MB. How about that more important one? In the manual there are multiple remarks about a need to configure "this and that" from the command prompt. How can I get to command prompt? "Apps" don't contain any kind of shell -- regards, Zbigniew _______________________________________________ RPCEmu mailing list RPCEmu@riscos.info http://www.riscos.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpcemu
