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Hi all.
I have just rescued an old A3010 from a puddle in my local tip. After drying out, it seems to be working ok. When it starts up it boots into a "Supervisor Mode". Does anyone know how I get to the GUI? Are there any Acorn Archimedes users still out there that could help? Ive been hacking at google for days and getting nowhere. 
askTheProphet
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Hi, Asktheprophet.
A lucky find. Haven't seen one in years.
Try googling "bbc basic archimedes"
for over 63,000 results. 
The first page looks promising.
Hope it helps.
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| *WIMP ... I believe although it should really boot into RISCOS by default although I think that can be changed but I can't remember how. Edit: a few keywords for you RISCOS or "RISC OS"
WIMP
"star commands"
BBC Acorn Archimedes
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I bought an A3000 from the school about 15 years ago. It had been stolen and dumped in a reservoir. I bought it back from the insurance for £10, cleaned the mud out of it and reconnected the keyboard and hey presto - it worked ! I used it for many years and now it's sat in the loft all lonely (with the local education authorities postcode etched on it)
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| The current version of RISCOS Yep, it's still going
gaming: E4400@2.66GHz / P5K-E / 2x1GB PC8000@533MHz / 2x80GB D'Max 9-RAID0 + 320GB / 8800GTS 512MB / ViewSonic VX2835wm
server+media: P4 2.8GHz @ 2.4GHz / 775Dual-VSTA / 2x512MB PC3200 / 1000GB+500GB+250GB / HD2400pro
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Many thanks everyone, Ill check out all the info and advice
askTheProphet
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i have an A3010 myself risc os is embeddded into a rom chip on the motherboard.
on start up it should boot into risc os thats its correct start procedure.
i have the manual for mine kicking about in the loft when i find it i will post back and let you know how to get out of supervisor mode.
if my memory serves correct supervisor mode was a diagnostic utility and you need floppies to run it.
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