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1 NitrOS-9 V03.02.07:
2
3 - A bug in os9gen which caused it to create fragmented bootfiles by default
4 has been fixed. os9gen defaults to creating non-fragmented bootfiles, and
5 the -e option must be used to create fragmented bootfiles.
6
7 Level 2 Only:
8 - Device windows W8-W15 have been added to the distribution.
9 - A bug which caused the system to crash during boot if grfdrv wasn't
10 in the CMDS directory has been fixed.
11
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13
14 NitrOS-9 V03.02.06:
15
16 - Support for booting from fragmented bootfiles has been added.
17 - os9gen has been updated to allow the creation of fragmented bootfiles.
18 - dir and mdir now have more robust support for various screen widths when
19 displaying data.
20 - dir and attr now use the SS.FDInf getstat call to obtain a file's FD sector.
21 - dsave now has -t and -n options.
22 - A bug in format which affected 128MB partitions has been fixed.
23 - /D2 descriptor now part of standard bootfile.
24
25 Level 1 Only:
26 - rbf now supports the SS.FDInf GetStat call.
27
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29
30 NitrOS-9 V03.02.05:
31
32 - rb1773 now properly saves/restores system's NMI vector, also updated to
33 go into .89Mhz mode when formatting to get around a problem with some
34 CoCo 3's crashing during format.
35 - An issue with formatting 3.5" 720K disks has been resolved.
36
37 Level 1 Only:
38 - Two new modules: CO51.io and term51.dt are available for 51x24 text
39 support on a graphics screen.
40 - CO80.io and term80.dt are no longer included in the repository, as
41 there is no known supported hardware for these modules.
42
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44
45 NitrOS-9 V03.02.04:
46
47 - Fixed several problems/mistakes in the V03.02.03 release.
48
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50
51 NitrOS-9 V03.02.03:
52
53 - format has been enhanced to show more information about the disk being
54 formatted.
55 - dirm has been removed from the commands list.
56 - exmode has been renamed to xmode and replaces the original xmode command.
57 - tmode now uses the new xmode format for parameters.
58 - disasm has a new -s option which is used to specify the start and end
59 addresses to disassemble within a module.
60 - RBF for Level 1 now supports SS.VarSect
61 - Bugs in the clock2_jvemu and clock2_smart modules have been fixed.
62
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64
65 NitrOS-9 V03.02.02:
66
67 - Two new clocks have been added for Jeff Vavasour's CoCo emulator and MESS:
68 clock2_jvemu and clock2_messemu, respectively.
69 - kernel and kernelp2 have been renamed to krn and krnp2 respectively.
70 - cc3disk has been renamed to rb1773 and has been back-ported to
71 NitrOS-9 Level 1. A bug in the verify routine has been fixed.
72 - Drivers for the Disto Super Controller II are now available as
73 rb1773_scii_ff74.dr and rb1773_scii_ff58.dr.
74 - The copy command now has write verification with -v.
75 - term_t1.dd has been renamed to term_sio.dd and term_sc6551.dd has been added.
76
77 Level 2 Only:
78 - grfint.io now exists and can be used to replace windint.io in bootfiles where
79 Multi-Vue windowing functionality is not needed, in order to save system RAM.
80 - Changes in scf and grfdrv have resulted in faster text screen performance under
81 NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2.
82 - A bug related to system memory allocation and DAT blocks has been fixed in krn.
83 - ioman now properly unlinks a device descriptor at I$Detach time.
84 - The pmap command has several bug fixes.
85
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87
88 NitrOS-9 V03.02.01 (May 14, 2004):
89
90 - Bugs in the mpi and megaread utilities have been fixed.
91
92 Level 1 Only:
93 - CCDisk has been replaced by a more reliable version from Dave Lewis. Also,
94 step rate codes now match that of NitrOS-9 Level 2.
95 - An assembler bug which generated incorrect code for Level 1
96 has been corrected, and new modules have been generated.
97
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99
100 NitrOS-9 V03.02.01:
101
102 - A minor bug in the unlink command has been fixed.
103 - The mpi and megaread utilities have been added to the CMDS directory.
104 - The dmode utility has been updated.
105 - Several bugs in dsave's -b option have been fixed.
106 - sacia has been backported from Level 2 as sc6551.
107
108 Level 1 Only:
109 - Shell+ has been backported.
110 - vrn has been backported and the nil descriptor now requires vrn.
111 - nildrv has been removed.
112 - The F$PrsNam call has been fixed to allow 0-9 and _ as the first character
113 in a filename.
114 - The cchdisk driver and descriptors are no longer in the distribution.
115 - rs232.dr has been renamed to sio.dr to match the Level 2 driver name.
116 - modpak.dr and aciapak.dr have been replaced by sc6551.
117
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119
120 NitrOS-9 V03.02.00:
121
122 - A new utility, padrom, has been added to the standard commands.
123 - Merge now supports -z to get a list of files from standard input.
124 - The serial printer driver and Speech-Sound Pak driver have been back-ported
125 from Level 2.
126 - Level 1 now has a REL module similar to Level 2.
127 - The clock module has been divided into two modules: clock and clock2.
128 clock_60hz and clock_50hz support 60Hz and 50Hz power configurations.
129 clock2 contains code specific to a real-time clock or software clock.
130 - The faster PipeMan, Piper and Pipe have been back-ported from Level 2.
131 - The MDir utility now shows proper module revision of 0 and other minor
132 improvements in extended output.
133
134 Level 1 Only:
135 - os9 and os9p2 have been renamed to kernel and kernelp2.
136
137 Level 2 Only:
138 - SCF now utilizes the V$DRIVEX field in the device table, resulting in
139 faster calls to the driver and a reduction in code size.
140 - ioman has undergone small optimizations to work better with the new
141 back-ported kernel.
142 - keydrv and snddrv have been renamed to keydrv_cc3.sb and snddrv_cc3.sb,
143 and all relevant bootlist files have been changed.
144 - CC3Go has been renamed to SysGo.
145 - os9p1 and os9p2 have been renamed to kernel and kernelp2, and have
146 been back-ported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
147 - windint and grfdrv have been backported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
148 - sacia has been backported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
149 - VDGInt now works properly with 1MB and 2MB CoCo 3s.
150
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152
153 OS-9 V03.01.04:
154
155 - asm is now at edition 8 and includes the following fixes/additions:
156 o Symbols now allow underscores.
157 o The "parens error" bug has been fixed.
158 o Added support for case-sensitive symbols with the U option flag.
159 o Improved 4-digit year fix for date/time string.
160 o Automatic conversion of tabs to spaces on input.
161 - A bug accidentally introduced into os9gen related to boot track on
162 double-sided disks has been fixed.
163 - The directory structure of the Modules disk has been modified. All
164 modules and related files are now under the LEVEL1 directory.
165 - There are now two versions of sysgo: sysgo_h0 which performs chd/chx
166 to /H0 on startup, and sysgo_dd which performs chd/chx to /DD on startup.
167 - A compatibility issue with os9gen's -t option and OS-9 Level One
168 has been resolved.
169
170 Level 2 Only:
171 - rel has been back-ported from NitrOS-9 Level Two, adding 40 and 80
172 column boot screen options.
173 - The MD descriptor has been added to the LEVEL2/MODULES/RBF directory.
174
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176
177 OS-9 V03.01.03:
178
179 - The asm program now supports 6309 bitfield instructions.
180 - The prompt command has been added to the standard command set.
181 - os9gen now supports the -t= option which allows one to specify an
182 alternate boot track file.
183 - Two new directories have been added: BOOTLISTS and BOOTSCRIPTS.
184 The former contains bootlist files for building boot disks, while
185 the latter contains scripts to build boot disks.
186 - There are now two booters for booting from a WD1773 based
187 floppy controller: boot_1773_6ms and boot_1773_30ms for
188 6 and 30 millisecond step rates.
189 - The help utility has been enhanced to show help subjects if
190 forked without any command line parameters.
191
192 Level 1 Only:
193 - Clock modules for Eliminator, Disto 2-N-1, Disto 4-N-1, Harris, and
194 SmartWatch have been added (these are all UNTESTED.) Also, the
195 clock_bb clock module has been renamed to clock_bnb, and clock.60hz
196 and clock.50hz have been renamed to clock_soft and clock_soft_50hz.
197
198 Level 2 Only:
199 - The M1 device descriptor now references the SACIA driver.
200
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202
203 OS-9 V03.01.02:
204 - A bug in the help utility has been fixed.
205 - The MODULES directory structure has been enhanced to include
206 multiple subdirectories for better module organization.
207 - Booter modules for Burke & Burke, Disto RAMPak, Eliminator and
208 IDE-LBA have been added.
209 - The BOOTLISTS/ directory has been added on the Modules disk, and
210 contains bootlist files for various configurations.
211 - The cputype command has been optimized for size.
212 - Minor help file updates have been made.
213
214 Level 2 Only:
215 - Drivers and descriptors for Tandy's Hard Disk Interface have
216 been added to the MODULES directory.
217 - Slight performance modifications were made to RBF and SCF.
218 - More commands have been added to the merged utilpak1 file.
219
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221
222 OS-9 V03.01.01:
223
224 - SYS/helpmsg expanded to include new commands.
225 - ident now correctly reports modules with a language byte of Obj6309.
226 - The LogBook file in the SYS directory has been removed.
227 - A bug in the cputype command that caused crashing on a 6809 system
228 has been fixed.
229
230 Level 2 Only:
231 - rbf.mn has been back-ported from NitrOS-9 in order to unify the code base
232 and bring non-6309 specific features to OS-9 Level Two.
233 - A bug in IOMan which affected any driver wanting to access the port
234 address of its hardware via its path descriptor has been fixed.
235 - The montype command had a bug-fix and now shows the current monitor type if
236 no parameters are given. Also, the montype.hp file has been updated.
237
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239
240 OS-9 V03.01.00:
241
242 - New common version among all releases of OS-9 for the CoCo
243 - Many commands have been updated and optimized:
244 o For size reasons, command help information is no longer embedded in the
245 utilites, but is instead available through the helpmsg file in /DD/SYS
246 o date, dir, mdir, procs and verify now require a dash (-) before options
247 o format now has a cluster option and now shows the correct number of
248 good sectors on large sector devices
249 o Numerous commands have been optimized for size
250 o cputype, ded, devs, disasm, dmode and irqs have been added to the
251 CMDS directory
252 o cmp, error, help and touch have been rewritten in assembly for size
253 o copy has been enhanced to include OS-9/68K-like features
254
255 Level 2 Only:
256 - VDGInt has been back-ported to OS-9 Level Two from NitrOS-9. The
257 vdgint.io module contains both CoCo 1/2 AND CoCo 3 graphics code.
258 The vdgint_small.io module only contains CoCo 3 graphics code.
259 - CC3Go has been moved back into the root directory from the CMDS directory.
260 This keeps ROM-based users and those who want cc3go in their bootfile from
261 having to change the init module, which referenced CMDS/cc3go.
262 - CC3Go once again references /H0 and /H0/CMDS as paths that it tries to
263 chd/chx to upon startup. This allows for those with floppy boots who
264 want to point /DD at their floppy to continue to do so. Also, if the
265 forking of 'shell startup' fails due to lack of a shell file, then
266 CC3Go will now try to fork AutoEx instead of jumping to the crash routine.
267 - Several bugs that crept into IOMan during the last release have been fixed.
268
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270
271 OS-9 V02.01.00 'Phoenix' Release (11/04/2002):
272
273 - Defs files now have properly terminated lines and 'pag' is now emitted
274 as a comment.
275 - ASM now assembles 6309 op-codes
276
277 Level 1 Only:
278 - SYS/password now references /DD instead of /D0
279
280 Level 2 Only:
281 - SCF, Rammer and PipeMan are now made from the NitrOS-9 version source base,
282 bringing in new improvements and features from that platform.
283 - Clock and Clock2 are now unifed once again and are built from the same source
284 base as the clocks from NitrOS-9.
285 - The printer driver is now for the CoCo 3 serial port. In the previous
286 release, it was mistakenly made for the Disto parallel port.
287 - Window descriptors now have proper initialization count.
288 - The debug program is now part of the CMDS package.
289 - With the inclusion of NitrOS-9's SCF, a bug which crashed the system when
290 typing CTRL-E or CTRL-C while using shellplus has been fixed.
291