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1 OS-9 Level One V2.01.00 Beta3:
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2 - Many commands have been updated and optimized:
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3 o For size reasons, command help information is no longer embedded in the
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4 utilites, but is instead available through the helpmsg file in /DD/SYS
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5 o date, dir, mdir, procs and verify now require a dash (-) before options
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6 o format now has a cluster option and now shows the correct number of
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7 good sectors on large sector devices
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8 o Numerous commands have been optimized for size
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9 o cmp, error, help and touch have been rewritten in assembly for size
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10 o copy has been enhanced to include OS-9/68K-like features
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11 - VDGInt has been back-ported to OS-9 Level Two from NitrOS-9. The
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12 vdgint.io module contains both CoCo 1/2 AND CoCo 3 graphics code.
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13 The vdgint_small.io module only contains CoCo 3 graphics code.
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14 - CC3Go has been moved back into the root directory from the CMDS directory.
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15 This keeps ROM-based users and those who want cc3go in their bootfile from
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16 having to change the init module, which referenced CMDS/cc3go.
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17 - CC3Go once again references /H0 and /H0/CMDS as paths that it tries to
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18 chd/chx to upon startup. This allows for those with floppy boots who
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19 want to point /DD at their floppy to continue to do so. Also, if the
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20 forking of 'shell startup' fails due to lack of a shell file, then
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21 CC3Go will now try to fork AutoEx instead of jumping to the crash routine.
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22 - Several bugs that crept into IOMan during the last release have been fixed.
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24 OS-9 Level One V2.01.00 Beta2:
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25 - Defs files now have properly terminated lines and 'pag' is now emitted
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26 as a comment.
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27 - SCF, Rammer and PipeMan are now made from the NitrOS-9 version source base,
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28 bringing in new improvements and features from that platform.
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29 - Clock and Clock2 are now unifed once again and are built from the same source
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30 base as the clocks from NitrOS-9.
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31 - The printer driver is now for the CoCo 3 serial port. In the previous
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32 release, it was mistakenly made for the Disto parallel port.
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33 - ASM now assembles 6309 op-codes.
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34 - Window descriptors now have proper initialization count.
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35 - The following modules have been back-ported from NitrOS-9 in order to
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36 unify the code base and bring non-6309 specific features to OS-9 Level Two:
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37 - The debug program is now part of the CMDS package.
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38 - With the inclusion of NitrOS-9's SCF, a bug which crashed the system when
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39 typing CTRL-E or CTRL-C while using shellplus has been fixed.