Date   : Tue, 22 May 2001 00:37:47 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: Have I killed my Beeb? etc, etc.

In article <001101c0e1cf$da9a5080$47258ec6@...>, Adam
<alomac@...> writes

>BBC Computer 32K
>Econet Station 048 No Clock
>No Clock

As Phil said, your BBC has the Econet networking hardware fitted in
addition to a disc filing system.  No Clock means the machine is not
connected to a network - it cannot detect the network clock.

If you press Shift-D-Break, releasing first Break, then Shift, then D,
it should now report

BBC Computer 32K
Acorn DFS
BASIC
>

Did you get any discs with the machine?  If so, put one in the drive and
press D and Break together, releasing Break first, to try booting from
disc.

>I have DFS version 1.20.

This is the combined DNFS - it has DFS and NFS in the same ROM.  We now
know why the "unused" Link 1 on your keyboard has been made - it is read
by DNFS and selects whether the machine boots from disc or network.
Your machine has been configured to boot from a network at power-up.

If you cut link 1, you should find that the machine starts in DFS by
default instead of NFS.  If you then cut link 5, it will stop it trying
to boot off disc on power-up or pressing Break.

> The disc drive I got with the computer is a Cumana
>3.5". I have no idea whether the keyboard settings mentioned previously
>apply to this drive.

(i.e. links 3 and 4) - they're fine as they are - just worry about 1 and
5 as above.

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