On Saturday 29 March 2003 01:54, Paul Grenyer wrote: > > As for backing up first. I thought you migth be interested to know that > Risc OS is entirely ROM based and can run with or without a hard disk. In 2 MB of ROM, IIRC, and in that you get a complete full-featured GUI and command line OS, with an editor, plus BBC Basic 5 interpreter (a very comprehensive Basic) with built-in assembler. Acorn code is *very* compact! cr