Replacing BBC Master battery pack ================================= Unplug and take out the old pack. The new pack slots down in the gap next to the keyboard. The lead is plugged in so that the empty hole is towards the keyboard. +-+ Battery -----------|O| Pack -----------|O| Keyboard | |O| | +-+ V Hold down the 'R' key, then turn on the computer. It should say 'CMOS ram reset. Press Break' You will then have to reconfigure. Some sensible options are: *FX162,6,255 Fast way to *INSERT *FX162,7,255 all the ROMs *CONFIGURE LANG 12 Comes up in Basic *CONFIGURE FILE 9 Comes up in DFS *CONFIGURE MODE 7 Comes up in MODE 7 *CONFIGURE PRINT 1 Set to parallel printer These are the minimum to have the machine working usefully. You can also set: *CONFIGURE BAUD 7 Serial speed set to 9600 *CONFIGURE DATA 4 Serial data type (8 bits) *CONFIGURE NOBOOT Don't boot disks on switch-on *CONFIGURE DELAY 25 Pause before keys repeat *CONFIGURE REPEAT 5 Key repeat speed *CONFIGURE FDRIVE 0 Floppy drive speed *CONFIGURE FLOPPY ADFS defaults to floppy drives *CONFIGURE IGNORE Printer ignores nothing or *CONFIGURE IGNORE 10 Printer ignores CHR$10, line feed *CONFIGURE LOUD Loud speaker or *CONFIGURE QUIET Quiet speaker *CONFIGURE FS 0.254 Network fileserver, default is 0.254 *CONFIGURE PS 0.235 Network printserver, default is 0.235 To set the time, you need to be in Basic: *BASIC TIME$="Wed,21 Oct 1992.12:30:00" Change as appropriate, but you must have ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ the comma, spaces, full stop and colons.