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From: Chris Newman <newslists@npost.uk>
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Subject: Re: AppsClock
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:13:41 +0000 (GMT)
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In article <5c7794e46dNews04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
   Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <5c779277b7newslists@npost.uk>,
>    Chris Newman <newslists@npost.uk> wrote:
> > Hi folks,

> > Having got to the back pages of my shiny new copy of Archive, I
> > found an article on the lesser spotted app AppsClock.

> > http://www.ajb121.net/riscos/

> > AppsClock 1.51

> > I duly downloaded the zip file. It wouldn't open with SparkFS. I
> > also got error messages about SparkFS memory being corrupted.  I
> > moved it to the dark side and it opened there so I moved the
> > contents back to RISC OS.

> > FAST  Pi Compute Module 4  RISC OS 5.29

> > I tried to run AppsClock but it didn't load on the icon bar. It
> > just opened a second copy of StrongED showing the RunImage.

> > Today I downloaded a fresh copy and tried again on RISC OS. This
> > time the zip file open but when I dragged the app out of the zip I
> > got.

> >  Error  : &80000002
> >   Message: Internal error: abort on data transfer at &2083C974
> > 15:04:47.13 ** WimpError ** from Filer Action Window
> >   Error  : &00000000
> >   Message: Unrecoverable internal error (Internal error: abort 
> > on data transfer at &2083C974), must exit immediately

> > Curiouser and curiouser. 

> > Can anyone confirm this or is it just me?

> You are not alone!

> I downloaded a new copy, but it is in fact absolutely identical to a
> copy I downloaded in 2007!

> SparkFS 1.57 (the latest, I tink) will open it here, but trying to run
> from the zip results in Data Transfer Abort at &21312A5c, which is
> +42C8 in the Zip module (which is v1.52).

> I have also seen similar messages to you if I try to drag it out of
> the zip.

> I have no proof that the zip used to open ok ... but I suspect one of
> the many SparkFS changes since 2007 may have provoked this.

To avoid SparkFS I tried opening it with InfoZip. Got the app out but
running it gave 

16:10:30.90 Exec
16:10:39.25 Run
ADFS::FAST.$.~~Temp.~~Trans.Default.2025/11/06.!AppsClock.!Run
An application that loads a file of this type has not been found by the
Filer. Open a directory display containing the required application and
try again.
16:10:39.25 ** Error **
  Error  : &00000409
  Message: An application that loads a file of this type has not been
found by the Filer. Open a directory display containing the required
application and try again.
16:10:39.25 ** WimpError ** from unknown task
  Error  : &00000409
  Message: An application that loads a file of this type has not been
found by the Filer. Open a directory display containing the required
application and try again.
16:10:39.25 Exec
16:10:41.65 Exec

-- 
Chris