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Pawel Kalinowski
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152 lines
3.9 KiB
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# micro-sparta-dos
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Sources for update and rewrite of Micro Sparta DOS by BW-SOFT
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Changelog:
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Micro-SpartaDOS (MSDOS.COM)
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ChangeLog (WHATSNEW.DOC)
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By Jiri Bernasek - BEWESOFT
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Continued by Pecus & Pirx
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MSDOS45.COM - Warsaw, 2010-06-12
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Post-release update.
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Bugs fixed:
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* in rare circumstances of a
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fragmented disk (specifically
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when the gap between consecutive
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sectors was between 128 and 254
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secs, the loading failed)
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Thanks to KMK for the bug report!
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New features:
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* MSDOS recognizes a special entry
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in MSDOS.DAT configuration file.
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For the special file
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"* " (it is asterisk
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followed by 10 spaces)
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the long name space is decoded
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as a number of settings for
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a given directory.
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Version 4.5 uses 4 hexadecimal
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numbers. First three are values
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of colors in this sequence:
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letters, playground, frame
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($2c5, $2c6, $2c8).
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Fourth turns off TURBO for the
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given directory when it equals
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to "00".
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Example:
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* 020E0A01
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This entry does NOT turn off the
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turbo, but sets colors like
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POKE 709,2:POKE 710,14:POKE 712,10
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The configuration entry ("*" file)
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should be the first one on the
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list of files.
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Turbo is turned off after reading
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the directory contents (directory
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itself may read in turbo mode).
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Please note that MSDOS.DAT files
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are fully compatible throught all
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versions and we will strive to
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retain this compatibility.
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* Support for all drives (1-15)
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Keys [Ctrl]+[A] to [Ctrl]+[O]
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select drives A: to O:
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(1-15, SpartDos style).
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Old style (pressing keys [1]-[8])
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work just like it used to.
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Pressing keys [1]-[8] displays
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drives AtariDOS style (D1:, D2:).
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When letter keys are pressed,
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display switches to A:, B:, etc.
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style.
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* MSINI3 - a new version of the
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long name editor now supporting
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color schemes and turbo switch.
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Few additional bugs fixed:
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- crash on no Sparta
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- bad rewert to edition
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- some typos
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Enjoy new color schemes including
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Blues, Copper Plate and Bitter
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Lemon.
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Please note the avertised web page
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is not active anymore :).
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MSDOS43.COM - Warsaw, 2010-05-29
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Version 4.3 of MSDOS is a serious
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rewrite, done primarily by Pecus.
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It uses a novel approach to mapping
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index sectors.
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Basically, index sectors are read
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beforehand and the sector map is
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compressed to, usually, just few
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bytes - saving room that would be
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normally occupied by the second
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sector buffer. This is especially
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important for quadruple (512 bytes)
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sectors when two buffers would eat
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1KiB.
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Version 4.3 contains only the most
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popular Happy / UltraSpeed routines.
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Holding [SHIFT] during booting
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turns off HS I/O entirely.
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This version detects BASIC and
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QMEG. With QMEG the High Speed I/O is
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turned off by the popular request as
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QMEG handles HS I/O by itself.
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After selecting the game to load
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the current MEMLO is shown on screen.
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Other changes:
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* Support for quadruple sectors
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(512 bytes long). This is possible
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in the latest SpartaDosX and
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expands the avalilable partition
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size to 32MiB.
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* MSDOS does not revert to D1: after
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an error, but stays on the boot
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drive.
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MSDOS30.COM - Warsaw, 2005
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This version supports XF 551 drives
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with HS, Happy Warp/US-Doubler
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drives with High Speed, and Speedy HS
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(only in US-Doubler mode).
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When the program is using Happy
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and US routines, MEMLO is $AFC.
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SIO2IDE interface is working great
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with this and later versions of
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MSDOS!
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MSDOS23.COM - Warsaw, 2001
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Pecus modified version with multi
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disc operation.
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Keys 1-8 - select working drive
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and read the main directory.
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MSDOS22.COM - Prague, 93-05-03
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original BEWESOFT version
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