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- From: bernhard@flipper.pvv.unit.no (Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen)
- Subject: Norwegian territory for RiscOS 3.10 and A310?
- Message-ID: <BERNHARD.92Nov24030904@flipper.pvv.unit.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: The Norwegian Institute of Technology
- Date: 24 Nov 92 03:09:04
- Lines: 41
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- I have just upgraded my 4 MB A310 to RiscOS 3.10. But I was
- disappointed to find that the only territory supported is UK. Isn't
- this supposed to be one of the main features of RiscOS 3? I mean to
- support many territories. I have heard that all there's to it (or
- should be) is to set the correct territory, and all the local things
- would be set up. This includes the time zone, keyboard and alphabet.
- But what do I find? I have to rmkill the int'l module in RiscOS 3 and
- use the one from RiscOS 2 to get my keyboard layout correct (or I
- could use the IntKey application, which does exactly that).
-
- I have tried reading the manual and the release notes, but they
- include nothing useful about this topic. The worst thing about the
- release notes is that they tell me *not* to use the IntKey application.
-
- A friend of mine has an A5000 running RiscOS 3.0, and he has no problems
- with his keyboard layout. Is my problem caused by a bug in RiscOS 3.10
- or by hardware differences?
-
- One of the files in the resources: filing system tells me that the
- Norwegian territory is no. 15, but all I get when I try to configure
- territory 15 is a picture of a floppy disc on the screen when I reset
- my computer. When I try to list the territories using the territories
- command is territory 1 (UK).
-
- So, naturally I wonder what is going on. Do I have to get a disc
- module that includes the definition of the Norwegian territory? Where
- can I in that case get it? And why didn't Acorn put this definition in
- ROM?
-
- I should mention that I got my upgrade from EFF in UK because a
- certain UK based firm named Lindis is unable to supply the Norwegian
- distributor with upgrades (or anything else, for that matter).
- (Acorn has given Lindis all the rights for distribution of their
- products outside of UK. At least, that's what I've been told.)
-
- Apart from this problem, I'm very well satisfied with RiscOS 3.10. One
- of the new features I really like is the pinboard and the new
- keyboard shortcuts.
-
- Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen
- bernhard@pvv.unit.no (this address is opposite of janet-std, no means Norway)
-