07/08/94 On a RISC OS 3 computer (particularly one with a 15 pin D type connector for the monitor) you should switch on the monitor before the computer. RISC OS 3 has the ability to automatically determine the type of monitor attached by means of identity signals from the monitor. In some cases, these signals will only be present while the monitor is switched on, hence the monitor should be switched on first. If you are using the PC Emulator on the A4 you might find that the \ key does not work. This happens because the A4 has a UK style PC keyboard layout. Add KEYB UK‘ to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to load the UK keyboard driver. On computers before the A5000 it was only possible to use a 5.25inch floppy drive by adding a third-party disc buffer interface (because the 1772 Floppy Disc Controller does not generate enough current to drive all kinds of 5.25inch drive). Computers from the A5000 on use the 82C710 or 82C711 as their Floppy Disc Controller. This device can drive a 5.25inch drive directly, so a disc buffer interface is NOT needed. For more information about attaching additional floppy drives to the A5000 write to Acorn Customer Services, Acorn House, Vision Park, Histon, Cambridge, CB4 4ZT and request the Support Group Application Note - Adding External Floppy Disc Drives to the A5000‘. Typing special characters You can type the special characters shown in the keyboard map using the actions shown in the inset. For example, to type an upside-down exclamation mark (”): 1Whilst holding down the Shift and Alt keys, press and release the '1' key ('”' appears). 2Release the Shift and Alt keys. Typing accented characters Some of the keys on the figure below are marked with a black area in one corner. These keys allow you to accent characters. The accent in each case is the character nearest the black area of the key. For example, to type an 'e' with an acute accent (é): 1Whilst holding down the Alt key, press and release the '[' key (nothing seems to happen). 2Release the Alt key. 3Press and release the 'e' key ('é' appears). If you try to give a character an accent that it cannot have (eg. a 'g' with a cedilla) then the un-accented character will appear in step 3. To get an accent as a character on it's own, press the space bar in step 3.The RISC OS 3.10 upgrade contains an enhanced keyboard driver that makes many more characters readily available, such as accented characters, or symbols like ©. You can get at these extra characters using the Alt key. The keyboard map below shows all the characters that are available. Here's how to type them: