annotate level2/coco3_6309/ChangeLog @ 1438:3c3bcdc82da6 nos9v030200

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1 NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2 V03.02.00:
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2 - os9p1 and os9p2 have been renamed to kernel and kernelp2, and have
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3 been back-ported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
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4 - windint and grfdrv have been backported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
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5 - sacia has been backported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
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6 - VDGInt now works properly with 1MB and 2MB CoCo 3s.
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7 - A new utility, padrom, has been added to the standard commands.
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8 - Merge now supports -z to get a list of files from standard input.
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9 - CC3Go has been renamed to SysGo.
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10 - The clock module has been divided into two modules: clock and clock2.
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11 clock_60hz and clock_50hz support 60Hz and 50Hz power configurations.
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12 clock2 contains code specific to a real-time clock or software clock.
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13 - ioman has undergone small optimizations to work better with the new
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14 back-ported kernel.
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15 - keydrv and snddrv have been renamed to keydrv_cc3.sb and snddrv_cc3.sb,
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16 and all relevant bootlist files have been changed.
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17 - SCF now utilizes the V$DRIVEX field in the device table, resulting in
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18 faster calls to the driver and a reduction in code size.
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19 - The MDir utility now shows proper module revision of 0 and other minor
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20 improvements in extended output.
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21 OS-9 Level Two V03.01.04:
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22 - rel has been back-ported from NitrOS-9 Level Two, adding 40 and 80
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23 column boot screen options.
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24 - asm is now at edition 8 and includes the following fixes/additions:
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25 o Symbols now allow underscores.
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26 o The "parens error" bug has been fixed.
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27 o Added support for case-sensitive symbols with the U option flag.
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28 o Improved 4-digit year fix for date/time string.
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29 o Automatic conversion of tabs to spaces on input.
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30 - A bug accidentally introduced into os9gen related to boot track on
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31 double-sided disks has been fixed.
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32 - The directory structure of the Modules disk has been modified. All
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33 modules and related files are now under the LEVEL2 directory.
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34 - There are now two versions of cc3go: cc3go_h0 which performs chd/chx
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35 to /H0 on startup, and cc3go_dd which performs chd/chx to /DD on startup.
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36 - The MD descriptor has been added to the LEVEL2/MODULES/RBF directory.
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37 - A compatibility issue with os9gen's -t option and OS-9 Level One
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38 has been resolved.
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39
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40 OS-9 Level Two V03.01.03:
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41 - The asm program now supports 6309 bitfield instructions.
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42 - The prompt command has been added to the standard command set.
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43 - os9gen now supports the -t= option which allows one to specify an
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44 alternate boot track file.
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45 - Two new directories have been added: BOOTLISTS and BOOTSCRIPTS.
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46 The former contains bootlist files for building boot disks, while
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47 the latter contains scripts to build boot disks.
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48 - There are now two booters for booting from a WD1773 based
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49 floppy controller: boot_1773_6ms and boot_1773_30ms for
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50 6 and 30 millisecond step rates.
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51 - The M1 device descriptor now references the SACIA driver.
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52 - The help utility has been enhanced to show help subjects if
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53 forked without any command line parameters.
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54
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55 OS-9 Level Two V03.01.02:
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56 - A bug in the help utility has been fixed.
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57 - Drivers and descriptors for Tandy's Hard Disk Interface have
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58 been added to the MODULES directory.
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59 - The MODULES directory structure has been enhanced to include
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60 multiple subdirectories for better module organization.
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61 - Booter modules for Burke & Burke, Disto RAMPak, Eliminator and
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62 IDE-LBA have been added.
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63 - The BOOTLISTS/ directory has been added on the Modules disk, and
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64 contains bootlist files for various configurations.
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65 - The cputype command has been optimized for size.
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66 - Slight performance modifications were made to RBF and SCF.
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67 - More commands have been added to the merged utilpak1 file.
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68 - Minor help file updates have been made.
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70 OS-9 Level Two V03.01.01:
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71 - SYS/helpmsg expanded to include new commands.
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72 - ident now correctly reports modules with a language byte of Obj6309.
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73 - rbf.mn has been back-ported from NitrOS-9 in order to unify the code base
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74 and bring non-6309 specific features to OS-9 Level Two.
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75 - A bug in IOMan which affected any driver wanting to access the port
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76 address of its hardware via its path descriptor has been fixed.
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77 - The montype command had a bug-fix and now shows the current monitor type if
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78 no parameters are given. Also, the montype.hp file has been updated.
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79 - The LogBook file in the SYS directory has been removed.
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80 - A bug in the cputype command that caused crashing on a 6809 system
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81 has been fixed.
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83 OS-9 Level Two V03.01.00:
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84 - New common version among all releases of OS-9 for the CoCo
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85 - Many commands have been updated and optimized:
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86 o For size reasons, command help information is no longer embedded in the
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87 utilites, but is instead available through the helpmsg file in /DD/SYS
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88 o date, dir, mdir, procs and verify now require a dash (-) before options
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89 o format now has a cluster option and now shows the correct number of
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90 good sectors on large sector devices
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91 o Numerous commands have been optimized for size
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92 o cmp, error, help and touch have been rewritten in assembly for size
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93 o copy has been enhanced to include OS-9/68K-like features
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94 - VDGInt has been back-ported to OS-9 Level Two from NitrOS-9. The
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95 vdgint.io module contains both CoCo 1/2 AND CoCo 3 graphics code.
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96 The vdgint_small.io module only contains CoCo 3 graphics code.
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97 - CC3Go has been moved back into the root directory from the CMDS directory.
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98 This keeps ROM-based users and those who want cc3go in their bootfile from
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99 having to change the init module, which referenced CMDS/cc3go.
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100 - CC3Go once again references /H0 and /H0/CMDS as paths that it tries to
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101 chd/chx to upon startup. This allows for those with floppy boots who
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102 want to point /DD at their floppy to continue to do so. Also, if the
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103 forking of 'shell startup' fails due to lack of a shell file, then
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104 CC3Go will now try to fork AutoEx instead of jumping to the crash routine.
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105 - Several bugs that crept into IOMan during the last release have been fixed.
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106
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107 OS-9 Level Two V02.01.00 Beta2:
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108 - Defs files now have properly terminated lines and 'pag' is now emitted
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109 as a comment.
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110 - SCF, Rammer and PipeMan are now made from the NitrOS-9 version source base,
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111 bringing in new improvements and features from that platform.
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112 - Clock and Clock2 are now unifed once again and are built from the same source
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113 base as the clocks from NitrOS-9.
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114 - The printer driver is now for the CoCo 3 serial port. In the previous
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115 release, it was mistakenly made for the Disto parallel port.
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116 - ASM now assembles 6309 op-codes.
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117 - Window descriptors now have proper initialization count.
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118 - The debug program is now part of the CMDS package.
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119 - With the inclusion of NitrOS-9's SCF, a bug which crashed the system when
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120 typing CTRL-E or CTRL-C while using shellplus has been fixed.