Changes in SpartaDOS X 4.49c (relative to 4.49b) ================================================ KERNEL ------ * Added five new builds: Ultimate 192k, Ultimate 320k, Incognito 192k, Incognito 256k, Incognito 320k. UTILITIES --------- * APT FDISK added by default to the IDE+, Ultimate and Incognito builds. * COMMAND.COM and X.COM: fixed the problem with superfluous screen clearing when CON64.SYS was active. * BAT files: IF did not check if the strings to compare are of the same size. * BAT files: IF var=="" (to detect EOL) did not work, fixed. TOOLKIT ------- * added a copy of the CON64.SYS, for use with those builds where it has been removed from CAR: Changes in SpartaDOS X 4.49b (relative to 4.49a) ================================================ DRIVERS AND RESIDENT PROGRAMS ----------------------------- * IDEPTIME.SYS will now not verify if the NV-RAM address specified for the NV-RAM read/write function is within the allowed range: this is not necessary as these values are validated by the IDE+ BIOS. * Action! monitor now correctly echoes the commands typed in by the user at the monitor prompt, when QUICKED.SYS was loaded. * ATARIDOS.SYS will now reject 512 BPS disks out of hand, without attempting to load the VTOC. * Z.SYS will now occupy 18 bytes less RAM over MEMLO at the expense of the Ext RAM. UTILITIES --------- * X.COM: added an extra check if the display should get reset to GR.0; it will now get reset when it is in GR.0, but not located at the expected default place in the memory. * TD: the TD Line display synchronisation with NTSC was only half-working, should be fixed now. * The 'string-type' FOR (FOR var IN *.* etc.), when the given mask matches no file, will now skip the loop instead of doing one faulty iteration. * SWAP will now affect disk devices only (DDEVIC=$31). * DUMP.COM: corrected slight formatting error in the 80-column display output. * APT FDISK (by FJC) now placed by default in the SIDE, SIDE2, MyIDE-2-ROM builds. TOOLKIT ------- * NVWGL now switched into "E:" mode. Changes in SpartaDOS X 4.49a (relative to 4.48) =============================================== KERNEL ------ * fixed the bug that caused the SDX to crash on systems with the 65C816 CPU and no additional 'linear' memory. DRIVERS AND RESIDENT PROGRAMS ----------------------------- * PBI.SYS definitely moved to the Toolkit disk. UTILITIES --------- * FORMAT /QQ d: will now perform soft-formatting without asking the user for confirmation. * X.COM: 1) do not attempt to relocate screen memory if it is already at the correct place. 2) when a program quits to DOS with any other screen mode enabled than GR.0, force the display to GR.0 * COMMAND.COM: same as above, when no GR.0, enable it. TOOLKIT ------- * SC 1.0.1: 1) two bugfixes, especially the "Error 202" error; 2) BAT files: during interpretation of a BAT file the "ECHO ON" command was ignored. 3) BAT files: fixed a problem with parsing environment variables which start with a '%'. 4) BAT files: worked around a major problem often leading to crashes when a "LOAD" command (without parameters, i.e. unload) was executed in a batch file. * MKATR.COM: added a parameter allowing to specify the volume name during building the file system on the target ATR. * MAN_DRIV.ARC: PBI.MAN removed. * DRIVERS>PBI.ARC: PBI.MAN added. * BAT>MAKE.ARC: MAKE.TXT made prettier. * BAT>UNPACK.BAT: updated. * BAT>RUNPACK.BAT: new script by Fujidude.