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3 - Basic09 and supporting modules are now included in the NitrOS-9 distribution.
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4 - A bug in os9gen which caused it to create fragmented bootfiles by default
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5 has been fixed. os9gen defaults to creating non-fragmented bootfiles, and
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6 the -e option must be used to create fragmented bootfiles.
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7 - The init module has been extended to include the version string that was
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8 formerly in the Sysgo module. Sysgo has been modified to print this string
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9 from the init module.
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10
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11 Level 2 Only:
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12 - Device windows W8-W15 have been added to the distribution.
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13 - A bug which caused the system to crash during boot if grfdrv wasn't
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14 in the CMDS directory has been fixed.
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15
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16 ------------------------------------------------------
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17
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18 NitrOS-9 V03.02.06:
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19
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20 - Support for booting from fragmented bootfiles has been added.
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21 - os9gen has been updated to allow the creation of fragmented bootfiles.
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22 - dir and mdir now have more robust support for various screen widths when
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23 displaying data.
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24 - dir and attr now use the SS.FDInf getstat call to obtain a file's FD sector.
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25 - dsave now has -t and -n options.
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26 - A bug in format which affected 128MB partitions has been fixed.
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27 - /D2 descriptor now part of standard bootfile.
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28
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29 Level 1 Only:
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30 - rbf now supports the SS.FDInf GetStat call.
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31
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32 ------------------------------------------------------
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33
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34 NitrOS-9 V03.02.05:
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35
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36 - rb1773 now properly saves/restores system's NMI vector, also updated to
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37 go into .89Mhz mode when formatting to get around a problem with some
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38 CoCo 3's crashing during format.
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39 - An issue with formatting 3.5" 720K disks has been resolved.
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40
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41 Level 1 Only:
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42 - Two new modules: CO51.io and term51.dt are available for 51x24 text
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43 support on a graphics screen.
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44 - CO80.io and term80.dt are no longer included in the repository, as
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45 there is no known supported hardware for these modules.
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46
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47 ------------------------------------------------------
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48
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49 NitrOS-9 V03.02.04:
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50
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51 - Fixed several problems/mistakes in the V03.02.03 release.
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52
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53 ------------------------------------------------------
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54
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55 NitrOS-9 V03.02.03:
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56
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57 - format has been enhanced to show more information about the disk being
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58 formatted.
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59 - dirm has been removed from the commands list.
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60 - exmode has been renamed to xmode and replaces the original xmode command.
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61 - tmode now uses the new xmode format for parameters.
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62 - disasm has a new -s option which is used to specify the start and end
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63 addresses to disassemble within a module.
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64 - RBF for Level 1 now supports SS.VarSect
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65 - Bugs in the clock2_jvemu and clock2_smart modules have been fixed.
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66
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67 ------------------------------------------------------
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68
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69 NitrOS-9 V03.02.02:
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70
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71 - Two new clocks have been added for Jeff Vavasour's CoCo emulator and MESS:
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72 clock2_jvemu and clock2_messemu, respectively.
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73 - kernel and kernelp2 have been renamed to krn and krnp2 respectively.
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74 - cc3disk has been renamed to rb1773 and has been back-ported to
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75 NitrOS-9 Level 1. A bug in the verify routine has been fixed.
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76 - Drivers for the Disto Super Controller II are now available as
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77 rb1773_scii_ff74.dr and rb1773_scii_ff58.dr.
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78 - The copy command now has write verification with -v.
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79 - term_t1.dd has been renamed to term_sio.dd and term_sc6551.dd has been added.
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80
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81 Level 2 Only:
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82 - grfint.io now exists and can be used to replace windint.io in bootfiles where
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83 Multi-Vue windowing functionality is not needed, in order to save system RAM.
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84 - Changes in scf and grfdrv have resulted in faster text screen performance under
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85 NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2.
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86 - A bug related to system memory allocation and DAT blocks has been fixed in krn.
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87 - ioman now properly unlinks a device descriptor at I$Detach time.
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88 - The pmap command has several bug fixes.
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89
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91
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92 NitrOS-9 V03.02.01 (May 14, 2004):
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93
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94 - Bugs in the mpi and megaread utilities have been fixed.
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95
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96 Level 1 Only:
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97 - CCDisk has been replaced by a more reliable version from Dave Lewis. Also,
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98 step rate codes now match that of NitrOS-9 Level 2.
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99 - An assembler bug which generated incorrect code for Level 1
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100 has been corrected, and new modules have been generated.
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101
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103
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104 NitrOS-9 V03.02.01:
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105
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106 - A minor bug in the unlink command has been fixed.
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107 - The mpi and megaread utilities have been added to the CMDS directory.
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108 - The dmode utility has been updated.
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109 - Several bugs in dsave's -b option have been fixed.
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110 - sacia has been backported from Level 2 as sc6551.
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111
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112 Level 1 Only:
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113 - Shell+ has been backported.
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114 - vrn has been backported and the nil descriptor now requires vrn.
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115 - nildrv has been removed.
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116 - The F$PrsNam call has been fixed to allow 0-9 and _ as the first character
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117 in a filename.
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118 - The cchdisk driver and descriptors are no longer in the distribution.
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119 - rs232.dr has been renamed to sio.dr to match the Level 2 driver name.
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120 - modpak.dr and aciapak.dr have been replaced by sc6551.
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121
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123
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124 NitrOS-9 V03.02.00:
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125
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126 - A new utility, padrom, has been added to the standard commands.
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127 - Merge now supports -z to get a list of files from standard input.
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128 - The serial printer driver and Speech-Sound Pak driver have been back-ported
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129 from Level 2.
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130 - Level 1 now has a REL module similar to Level 2.
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131 - The clock module has been divided into two modules: clock and clock2.
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132 clock_60hz and clock_50hz support 60Hz and 50Hz power configurations.
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133 clock2 contains code specific to a real-time clock or software clock.
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134 - The faster PipeMan, Piper and Pipe have been back-ported from Level 2.
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135 - The MDir utility now shows proper module revision of 0 and other minor
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136 improvements in extended output.
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137
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138 Level 1 Only:
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139 - os9 and os9p2 have been renamed to kernel and kernelp2.
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140
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141 Level 2 Only:
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142 - SCF now utilizes the V$DRIVEX field in the device table, resulting in
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143 faster calls to the driver and a reduction in code size.
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144 - ioman has undergone small optimizations to work better with the new
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145 back-ported kernel.
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146 - keydrv and snddrv have been renamed to keydrv_cc3.sb and snddrv_cc3.sb,
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147 and all relevant bootlist files have been changed.
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148 - CC3Go has been renamed to SysGo.
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149 - os9p1 and os9p2 have been renamed to kernel and kernelp2, and have
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150 been back-ported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
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151 - windint and grfdrv have been backported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
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152 - sacia has been backported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
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153 - VDGInt now works properly with 1MB and 2MB CoCo 3s.
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154
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156
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157 OS-9 V03.01.04:
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158
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159 - asm is now at edition 8 and includes the following fixes/additions:
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160 o Symbols now allow underscores.
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161 o The "parens error" bug has been fixed.
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162 o Added support for case-sensitive symbols with the U option flag.
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163 o Improved 4-digit year fix for date/time string.
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164 o Automatic conversion of tabs to spaces on input.
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165 - A bug accidentally introduced into os9gen related to boot track on
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166 double-sided disks has been fixed.
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167 - The directory structure of the Modules disk has been modified. All
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168 modules and related files are now under the LEVEL1 directory.
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169 - There are now two versions of sysgo: sysgo_h0 which performs chd/chx
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170 to /H0 on startup, and sysgo_dd which performs chd/chx to /DD on startup.
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171 - A compatibility issue with os9gen's -t option and OS-9 Level One
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172 has been resolved.
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173
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174 Level 2 Only:
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175 - rel has been back-ported from NitrOS-9 Level Two, adding 40 and 80
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176 column boot screen options.
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177 - The MD descriptor has been added to the LEVEL2/MODULES/RBF directory.
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178
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180
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181 OS-9 V03.01.03:
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182
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183 - The asm program now supports 6309 bitfield instructions.
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184 - The prompt command has been added to the standard command set.
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185 - os9gen now supports the -t= option which allows one to specify an
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186 alternate boot track file.
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187 - Two new directories have been added: BOOTLISTS and BOOTSCRIPTS.
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188 The former contains bootlist files for building boot disks, while
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189 the latter contains scripts to build boot disks.
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190 - There are now two booters for booting from a WD1773 based
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191 floppy controller: boot_1773_6ms and boot_1773_30ms for
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192 6 and 30 millisecond step rates.
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193 - The help utility has been enhanced to show help subjects if
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194 forked without any command line parameters.
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195
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196 Level 1 Only:
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197 - Clock modules for Eliminator, Disto 2-N-1, Disto 4-N-1, Harris, and
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198 SmartWatch have been added (these are all UNTESTED.) Also, the
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199 clock_bb clock module has been renamed to clock_bnb, and clock.60hz
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200 and clock.50hz have been renamed to clock_soft and clock_soft_50hz.
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201
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202 Level 2 Only:
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203 - The M1 device descriptor now references the SACIA driver.
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204
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206
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207 OS-9 V03.01.02:
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208 - A bug in the help utility has been fixed.
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209 - The MODULES directory structure has been enhanced to include
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210 multiple subdirectories for better module organization.
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211 - Booter modules for Burke & Burke, Disto RAMPak, Eliminator and
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212 IDE-LBA have been added.
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213 - The BOOTLISTS/ directory has been added on the Modules disk, and
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214 contains bootlist files for various configurations.
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215 - The cputype command has been optimized for size.
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216 - Minor help file updates have been made.
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217
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218 Level 2 Only:
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219 - Drivers and descriptors for Tandy's Hard Disk Interface have
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220 been added to the MODULES directory.
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221 - Slight performance modifications were made to RBF and SCF.
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222 - More commands have been added to the merged utilpak1 file.
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223
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225
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226 OS-9 V03.01.01:
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227
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228 - SYS/helpmsg expanded to include new commands.
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229 - ident now correctly reports modules with a language byte of Obj6309.
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230 - The LogBook file in the SYS directory has been removed.
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231 - A bug in the cputype command that caused crashing on a 6809 system
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232 has been fixed.
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233
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234 Level 2 Only:
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235 - rbf.mn has been back-ported from NitrOS-9 in order to unify the code base
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236 and bring non-6309 specific features to OS-9 Level Two.
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237 - A bug in IOMan which affected any driver wanting to access the port
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238 address of its hardware via its path descriptor has been fixed.
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239 - The montype command had a bug-fix and now shows the current monitor type if
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240 no parameters are given. Also, the montype.hp file has been updated.
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241
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243
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244 OS-9 V03.01.00:
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245
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246 - New common version among all releases of OS-9 for the CoCo
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247 - Many commands have been updated and optimized:
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248 o For size reasons, command help information is no longer embedded in the
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249 utilites, but is instead available through the helpmsg file in /DD/SYS
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250 o date, dir, mdir, procs and verify now require a dash (-) before options
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251 o format now has a cluster option and now shows the correct number of
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252 good sectors on large sector devices
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253 o Numerous commands have been optimized for size
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254 o cputype, ded, devs, disasm, dmode and irqs have been added to the
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255 CMDS directory
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256 o cmp, error, help and touch have been rewritten in assembly for size
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257 o copy has been enhanced to include OS-9/68K-like features
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258
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259 Level 2 Only:
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260 - VDGInt has been back-ported to OS-9 Level Two from NitrOS-9. The
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261 vdgint.io module contains both CoCo 1/2 AND CoCo 3 graphics code.
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262 The vdgint_small.io module only contains CoCo 3 graphics code.
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263 - CC3Go has been moved back into the root directory from the CMDS directory.
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264 This keeps ROM-based users and those who want cc3go in their bootfile from
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265 having to change the init module, which referenced CMDS/cc3go.
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266 - CC3Go once again references /H0 and /H0/CMDS as paths that it tries to
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267 chd/chx to upon startup. This allows for those with floppy boots who
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268 want to point /DD at their floppy to continue to do so. Also, if the
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269 forking of 'shell startup' fails due to lack of a shell file, then
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270 CC3Go will now try to fork AutoEx instead of jumping to the crash routine.
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271 - Several bugs that crept into IOMan during the last release have been fixed.
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272
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274
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275 OS-9 V02.01.00 'Phoenix' Release (11/04/2002):
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276
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277 - Defs files now have properly terminated lines and 'pag' is now emitted
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278 as a comment.
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279 - ASM now assembles 6309 op-codes
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280
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281 Level 1 Only:
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282 - SYS/password now references /DD instead of /D0
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283
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284 Level 2 Only:
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285 - SCF, Rammer and PipeMan are now made from the NitrOS-9 version source base,
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286 bringing in new improvements and features from that platform.
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287 - Clock and Clock2 are now unifed once again and are built from the same source
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288 base as the clocks from NitrOS-9.
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289 - The printer driver is now for the CoCo 3 serial port. In the previous
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290 release, it was mistakenly made for the Disto parallel port.
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291 - Window descriptors now have proper initialization count.
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292 - The debug program is now part of the CMDS package.
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293 - With the inclusion of NitrOS-9's SCF, a bug which crashed the system when
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294 typing CTRL-E or CTRL-C while using shellplus has been fixed.
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