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blog:bbc_riscpc_fix [2020/07/26 12:49] – [Re-Testing After Battery Removal] johnblog:bbc_riscpc_fix [2020/07/28 20:05] (current) john
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 To be honest I'm not surprised an old 800MB IDE drive from-gods-know-when has a few errors. The plan would be to swap it out (or, preferably, leave it installed but unplugged) with a compact flash card reader instead. To be honest I'm not surprised an old 800MB IDE drive from-gods-know-when has a few errors. The plan would be to swap it out (or, preferably, leave it installed but unplugged) with a compact flash card reader instead.
  
 +===== Case cleaning! =====
 +
 +Just a bit of soap and water and a magic eraser block:
 +
 +{{:blog:img20200726184832.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:img20200726184955.jpg?400|}}
 +===== Restoring Risc OS =====
 +
 +It's been a long time since I've done it, so this is also for my own peace of mind. 
 +
 +=== Steps to reinstall Risc OS to hard drive ===
 +
 +   * Unzip the {{ :blog:splug226.zip|!SparkPlug}} zip file, and copy the self-extracting .bas file to a DOS floppy
 +   * Run SparkPlug from RAM
 +   * Copy {{ :blog:hform248.zip |!HForm.zip}} to a DOS floppy
 +   * Unpack !HForm to RAM
 +   * Format your new drive, make it bootable
 +   * Copy !SparkPlug to the formatted hard drive
 +   * Copy {{ :blog:split.zip|!Split.zip}} to a DOS floppy
 +   * Unpack !Split.zip and copy to your formatted hard drive
 +   * Use the MS-DOS {{ :blog:split_stubsg.zip|SPLIT.EXE}} on the PC side (included in addition to versions for other platforms) to split the Risc OS 3.7 {{ :blog:uniboot.zip|universal boot sequence}} into two 1.4MB images ({{ :blog:uniboot_splits.zip|pre-split version}})
 +   * Copy each image on a single DOS floppy to the Risc PC
 +   * Re-join the two split files using !Split and drag the unzipped !Boot sequence to your hard drive
 +
 +{{:blog:img_1554.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:img_1556.jpg?400|}}
 +
 +All working, but for some reason at 1024x768 either my OSSC or monitor cuts off a good chunk of the left hand side of the screen:
 +
 +{{:blog:img_1557.jpg?400|}}
 +
 +... one more thing to look at!
 +
 +===== Networking =====
 +
 +To do!
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