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date Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:20:25 +0000
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NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2 V03.02.06:
- Support for booting from fragmented bootfiles has been added.
- os9gen has been updated to allow the creation of fragmented bootfiles.
- dir and mdir now have more robust support for various screen widths when
  displaying data.
- /D2 descriptor now part of standard bootfile.

NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2 V03.02.05:
- rb1773 now properly saves/restores system's NMI vector, also updated to
  go into .89Mhz mode when formatting to get around a problem with some
  CoCo 3's crashing during format.
- An issue with formatting 3.5" 720K disks has been resolved.

NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2 V03.02.04:
- Fixed several problems/mistakes in the V03.02.03 release.

NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2 V03.02.03:
- format has been enhanced to show more information about the disk being
  formatted.
- dirm has been removed from the commands list.
- exmode has been renamed to xmode and replaces the original xmode command.
- tmode now uses the new xmode format for parameters.
- disasm has a new -s option which is used to specify the start and end
  addresses to disassemble within a module.
- An RBF bug that was introduced in V03.02.02 has been fixed.
- Bugs in the clock2_jvemu and clock2_smart modules have been fixed.

NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2 V03.02.02:
- Two new clocks have been added for Jeff Vavasour's CoCo emulator and MESS:
  clock2_jvemu and clock2_messemu, respectively.
- kernel, kernelp2, kernelp3_perr and kernelp4_regdump have been renamed to
  krn, krnp2, krnp3_perr and krnp4_regdump respectively.
- cc3disk has been renamed to rb1773 and has been back-ported to
  NitrOS-9 Level 1.  A bug in the verify routine has been fixed.
- Drivers for the Disto Super Controller II are now available as
  rb1773_scii_ff74.dr and rb1773_scii_ff58.dr.
- grfint.io now exists and can be used to replace windint.io in bootfiles where
  Multi-Vue windowing functionality is not needed, in order to save system RAM.
- Changes in scf and grfdrv have resulted in faster text screen performance under
  NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2.
- A bug related to system memory allocation and DAT blocks has been fixed in krn.
- ioman now properly unlinks a device descriptor at I$Detach time.
- The pmap command has several bug fixes.
- The copy command now has write verification with -v.
- term_t1.dd has been renamed to term_sio.dd and term_sc6551.dd has been added.

NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2 V03.02.01 (May 14, 2004):
- Bugs in the mpi and megaread utilities have been fixed.

NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2 V03.02.01:
- A minor bug in the unlink command has been fixed.
- The mpi and megaread utilities have been added to the CMDS directory.
- The dmode utility has been updated.
- sacia has been renamed to sc6551.
- Several bugs in dsave's -b option have been fixed.

NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2 V03.02.00:
- os9p1 and os9p2 have been renamed to kernel and kernelp2, and have
  been back-ported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
- windint and grfdrv have been backported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
- sacia has been backported from NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.
- VDGInt now works properly with 1MB and 2MB CoCo 3s.
- A new utility, padrom, has been added to the standard commands.
- Merge now supports -z to get a list of files from standard input.
- CC3Go has been renamed to SysGo.
- The clock module has been divided into two modules: clock and clock2.
  clock_60hz and clock_50hz support 60Hz and 50Hz power configurations.
  clock2 contains code specific to a real-time clock or software clock.
- ioman has undergone small optimizations to work better with the new
  back-ported kernel.
- keydrv and snddrv have been renamed to keydrv_cc3.sb and snddrv_cc3.sb,
  and all relevant bootlist files have been changed.
- SCF now utilizes the V$DRIVEX field in the device table, resulting in
  faster calls to the driver and a reduction in code size.
- The MDir utility now shows proper module revision of 0 and other minor
  improvements in extended output.

OS-9 Level Two V03.01.04:
- rel has been back-ported from NitrOS-9 Level Two, adding 40 and 80
  column boot screen options.
- asm is now at edition 8 and includes the following fixes/additions:
  o Symbols now allow underscores.                                
  o The "parens error" bug has been fixed.
  o Added support for case-sensitive symbols with the U option flag.
  o Improved 4-digit year fix for date/time string.              
  o Automatic conversion of tabs to spaces on input.             
- A bug accidentally introduced into os9gen related to boot track on
  double-sided disks has been fixed.
- The directory structure of the Modules disk has been modified.  All
  modules and related files are now under the LEVEL2 directory.
- There are now two versions of cc3go: cc3go_h0 which performs chd/chx
  to /H0 on startup, and cc3go_dd which performs chd/chx to /DD on startup.
- The MD descriptor has been added to the LEVEL2/MODULES/RBF directory.
- A compatibility issue with os9gen's -t option and OS-9 Level One     
  has been resolved.

OS-9 Level Two V03.01.03:
- The asm program now supports 6309 bitfield instructions.
- The prompt command has been added to the standard command set.
- os9gen now supports the -t= option which allows one to specify an
  alternate boot track file.
- Two new directories have been added: BOOTLISTS and BOOTSCRIPTS.
  The former contains bootlist files for building boot disks, while
  the latter contains scripts to build boot disks.
- There are now two booters for booting from a WD1773 based
  floppy controller: boot_1773_6ms and boot_1773_30ms for
  6 and 30 millisecond step rates.
- The M1 device descriptor now references the SACIA driver.
- The help utility has been enhanced to show help subjects if
  forked without any command line parameters.

OS-9 Level Two V03.01.02:
- A bug in the help utility has been fixed.
- Drivers and descriptors for Tandy's Hard Disk Interface have
  been added to the MODULES directory.
- The MODULES directory structure has been enhanced to include
  multiple subdirectories for better module organization.
- Booter modules for Burke & Burke, Disto RAMPak, Eliminator and 
  IDE-LBA have been added.
- The BOOTLISTS/ directory has been added on the Modules disk, and
  contains bootlist files for various configurations.
- The cputype command has been optimized for size.
- Slight performance modifications were made to RBF and SCF.
- More commands have been added to the merged utilpak1 file.
- Minor help file updates have been made.

OS-9 Level Two V03.01.01:
- SYS/helpmsg expanded to include new commands.
- ident now correctly reports modules with a language byte of Obj6309.
- rbf.mn has been back-ported from NitrOS-9 in order to unify the code base
  and bring non-6309 specific features to OS-9 Level Two.
- A bug in IOMan which affected any driver wanting to access the port
  address of its hardware via its path descriptor has been fixed.
- The montype command had a bug-fix and now shows the current monitor type if
  no parameters are given.  Also, the montype.hp file has been updated.
- The LogBook file in the SYS directory has been removed.
- A bug in the cputype command that caused crashing on a 6809 system
  has been fixed.

OS-9 Level Two V03.01.00:
- New common version among all releases of OS-9 for the CoCo
- Many commands have been updated and optimized:
   o For size reasons, command help information is no longer embedded in the
     utilites, but is instead available through the helpmsg file in /DD/SYS
   o date, dir, mdir, procs and verify now require a dash (-) before options
   o format now has a cluster option and now shows the correct number of
     good sectors on large sector devices
   o Numerous commands have been optimized for size
   o cmp, error, help and touch have been rewritten in assembly for size
   o copy has been enhanced to include OS-9/68K-like features
- VDGInt has been back-ported to OS-9 Level Two from NitrOS-9.  The
  vdgint.io module contains both CoCo 1/2 AND CoCo 3 graphics code.
  The vdgint_small.io module only contains CoCo 3 graphics code.
- CC3Go has been moved back into the root directory from the CMDS directory.
  This keeps ROM-based users and those who want cc3go in their bootfile from
  having to change the init module, which referenced CMDS/cc3go.
- CC3Go once again references /H0 and /H0/CMDS as paths that it tries to
  chd/chx to upon startup.  This allows for those with floppy boots who
  want to point /DD at their floppy to continue to do so.  Also, if the
  forking of 'shell startup' fails due to lack of a shell file, then
  CC3Go will now try to fork AutoEx instead of jumping to the crash routine.
- Several bugs that crept into IOMan during the last release have been fixed.

OS-9 Level Two V02.01.00 Beta2:
- Defs files now have properly terminated lines and 'pag' is now emitted
  as a comment.
- SCF, Rammer and PipeMan are now made from the NitrOS-9 version source base,
  bringing in new improvements and features from that platform.
- Clock and Clock2 are now unifed once again and are built from the same source
  base as the clocks from NitrOS-9.
- The printer driver is now for the CoCo 3 serial port.  In the previous
  release, it was mistakenly made for the Disto parallel port.
- ASM now assembles 6309 op-codes.
- Window descriptors now have proper initialization count.
- The debug program is now part of the CMDS package.
- With the inclusion of NitrOS-9's SCF, a bug which crashed the system when
  typing CTRL-E or CTRL-C while using shellplus has been fixed.