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- Copilot Release Notes
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- Greg Hewgill (gregh@lightspeed.net)
- Copilot Home Page: http://userzweb.lightspeed.net/~gregh/pilot/copilot
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- Known problems in the current release
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- - The Pilot sound is only accurately emulated under Windows NT.
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- 10/27/96 Version 1.0 beta 8
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- The method used to load applications into Copilot is now much more robust.
- Certain PRC files used to crash Copilot, and others were too large to load
- using the old method. The new method loads these PRC files with no problem.
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- The default mask in the Load App dialog now includes *.pdb for loading Pilot
- database files.
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- 10/20/96 Version 1.0 beta 7a
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- Oops, in changing the SndDoCmd API emulation, I had accidentally disabled
- the sound completely. Fixed now. Also fixed some notes in the Copilot source
- guide.
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- 10/20/96 Version 1.0 beta 7
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- Copilot now has an icon! Thanks to Alan Chavis for his contribution. Thanks
- also to the rest of you out there who sent me icons - if I ever get tired of
- this one there are lots of other good ones to choose from. :)
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- The source code for Copilot is now available on the Copilot Home Page for
- people who are interested in porting Copilot to other platforms.
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- Wes Cherry's AlarmHack now runs properly and doesn't crash Copilot.
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- Copilot now emulates the SndDoCmd API function only if the cmd parameter is 1.
- It used to emulate it in all cases without regard for the cmd parameter.
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- 10/6/96 Version 1.0 beta 6
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- Loading applications into Copilot is now much easier! There is a new menu
- selection that will allow you to easily load applications into Copilot
- without going through a full HotSync operation. See section 2.4 "Loading
- Applications" in copilot.htm for more information.
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- 9/29/96 Version 1.0 beta 5
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- Fixed three bugs in this release:
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- - HotSync under Windows 95 was not working. Fixed.
- - Copilot on a 256 color display looked really bad because the palette was
- not being set up properly. Fixed.
- - Under Windows 95, using the Zoom 2x display option resulted in a black
- Pilot display area. Fixed.
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- 9/23/96 Version 1.0 beta 4
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- Copilot now emulates the HotSync button on the Pilot cradle, it is accessed
- through the right click menu. The right click menu is also available using the
- F10 key. This will allow people who have two serial ports and a serial mouse
- to use Copilot - it was a catch-22 before because you needed the mouse to
- start HotSync, but the mouse was taking a comm port you needed! This will have
- to do until I can write a software-only QuickSync for loading apps.
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- You will notice that the debugger has changed significantly, Darrin Massena
- has been hard at work improving the debugger. The debugger.hlp file is a text
- file that explains the commands. Commands with a * beside them have not been
- implemented yet. This is still a work in progress, so things may not seem
- exactly right all the time.
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- 9/22/96 Version 1.0 beta 3
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- Copilot now includes a GetRom program that will help in transferring the Pilot
- ROM from your Pilot to your PC. For instructions on how to use GetRom, see
- "How To Get a Pilot.ROM file" in copilot.htm.
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- NOTICE: Use of the GetRom program may place you in violation of your license
- agreement with US Robotics. Please read page 123 of your Pilot
- handbook ("Software License Agreement") before running GetRom.
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- The debugger will now automatically start when the CPU encounters a breakpoint
- instruction (opcode 0x4AFC).
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- 9/17/96 Version 1.0 beta 2 (documentation update only)
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- Some people were having trouble using PilotHack to transfer the ROM file to
- their PC. The problem was that if you followed my directions to turn off all
- the HotSyncing features, the ROMDump.PRC file was never transferred!
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- I have corrected the documentation to give you the right instructions. In a
- nutshell, don't turn off the "System" HotSync action, leave it as "Pilot
- overwrites Desktop" (the default).
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- 9/16/96 Version 1.0 beta 2
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- I forgot to include the makerom.exe program used to stitch together the
- individual PRC files generated by PilotHack's rom dump feature. This program
- has no error checking, so if the required files (romdump.0 through romdump.31)
- are not present it will cause an exception error.
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- You can now choose the RAM size in the Properties page. Note that if you had
- a pilot.ram file from the previous version, you will need to rename it to
- pilot2048.ram in order to keep using it. Or, you can just ignore it and a new
- ram file will be created automatically.
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- There is now a cpsample.zip file available on the Copilot Home Page. This
- contains a pilot1024.ram file with all the applications I could find loaded
- into it already. This will help if you don't have a proper null modem cable
- to hook up Copilot for HotSync. Be sure to unzip this file with WinZip or other
- 32-bit unzip to preserve the long file name.
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- 9/15/96 Version 1.0 beta 1
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- This is the first beta test version of Copilot. If you have any comments
- on the program or documentation, please let me know at the email address
- at the top of this file.
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- Note: In order to HotSync your ROM file with PilotHack, be sure you have
- version 1.01 of PilotHack. Version 1.0 contains a bug that causes problems
- with the 'x' command.
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