ARMEdit: Version History

VersionDateDescription
1.05 17-May-01 New version under development...
More efficient service call handling under RISC OS 4.
Smaller message size used to prevent data corruption.
1.04 07-Dec-97 Corrected device driver operation for large logical media.
Added device driver support for removable media.
Extra information is displayed for *ARMEdit_Devices.
*ARMEdit_Files also lists files used by the device driver.
Spaces no longer added to end of OSCLI commands.
Shell mode added to OSCLI tool with command line editing and history.
VDU codes in OSCLI output processed before being displayed.
OSCLI commands may be executed in a RISC OS TaskWindow.
1.03 21-Feb-95 Added SWI to set multitasking speed of PC front-end.
Added SWI to reply to a message.
Broadcast messages from the ARMEdit module are now sent.
Speed control now works correctly with PC front-end 2v02.
Extended *ARMEdit_DevicesRelog to force immediate relog.
Added ARMEDIT command line tools.
Speeded up file transfer when multitasking.
Included support for wildcards and recursion.
Unique temporary filenames used.
Operation of command line tools under Windows now more reliable.
Added option to use a RISC OS "Save as" window for PUTFILE.
1.02 06-Aug-96 Some memory management moved to a dynamic area if available.
Full device driver support added.
Routines to convert date and time stamps included.
Added SWI to call internal HPC services.
Corrected command help texts.
Added command to set multitasking speed of PC front-end.
Provided mechanism for checking delivery of messages.
Date and time stamps are preserved on copied files.
Support for Acorn's software PC emulator included.
Included redirection of OSCLI input stream through DOS.
1.01 11-Feb-96 Does not crash when no DOSMap mappings defined.
Module can be loaded after new versions of the PC front-end.
1.00 12-Jan-96 First official release version.
0.07 28-Dec-95 Added message passing protocol.
0.06 22-Dec-95 Added SWI to control the PC front-end.
0.05 17-Dec-95 Improved filename translation.
0.04 21-Nov-95 Implemented the *commands and real HPC support.
Experimental device driver support added.
0.03 17-Nov-95 Uses correct HPC service identifier.
Includes development versions of device driver support. Changed command line tools to .COM files to make them smaller.
Made error checking more comprehensive and added help text to command line tools.
Output redirection of OSCLI command made optional.
Filetype of destination files for PUTFILE based on file extension.
0.02 15-Nov-95 Included extra command to display PC front-end version.
Fixed workspace handling for *commands.
0.01 14-Nov-95 Fixed bugs in file handling.
Removed stray debugging code.
Sets variable for scrap directory and ensure it exists.
Added version number and copyright message to command line tools.
Output of commands executed by the OSCLI utility passed through standard output.
0.00 12-Nov-95 Original development version.
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