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- FILE COMMANDO 1.20 RELEASE NOTES
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- The following problems were fixed:
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- 8 February -- fixed CTRL C trapping problem in find command.
- 14 February -- Display on composite monitors is virtually unreadable;
- this was solved by incorporating an INSTALL program (as
- alluded to laterin this notice).
- 18 February -- execution of a batch file is now available.
- 18 February -- multiple file selection arrows in extended directory mode
- no longer occur.
- 18 February -- overlapping of screens after SHIFT PRTSCR reset.
- 18 February -- popback locked up if it was attempted after a program had returned
- from execution (Problem only occurred at the "PRESS ANY KEY TO
- RETURN TO FILE COMMNANDO" prompt.
- 18 February -- the patch command wasn't being displayed on monochrome systems,
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- The following features have been added / changed:
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- 14 February -- We added the install program to allow user to set monitor type,
- pop-back key,and the maximum number of directory entries.
- 16 February -- changed format command to only support DS/DD 9 sector
- diskettes, 360 kbyte capacity.
- 19 February -- menu selections can now be selected automatically by pressing
- the desired number selection.
- 19 February -- space bar commands can now be selected by pressing the first
- letter of the command.
- 20 February -- added pc-sweep style disk and directory query bypass by toggling
- TREE ON/OFF; this allows experienced users to go faster
- and prevents File Commando from reading all the
- directories off a destination disk (thus speeding-up
- operation).
- 27 February -- added scientific RPN calculator.
- 28 February -- added the capability to return a completed calculation from the
- calculator to a user program.
- 29 February -- added wildcard rename.
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- The following commands have been deleted:
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- 22 February -- DISKCOPY has been removed because of the all the unsupported
- disk types -- it will be included in a later version.
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- Current developments:
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- ??????????? -- a disk overlay version so that FileCommando will never eat more
- than 100 to 120k of memory.
- ??????????? -- addition of a disk catalog utility.
- ??????????? -- expansion of the editor to allow it to edit files of unlimited size.
- ??????????? -- expansion of the calculator to be programmable like the HP 11,
- HP 12, and HP 15 calculators.
- ??????????? -- expansion of the calculator to support AOS (normal calculator)
- operation.
- ??????????? -- addition of the capability to work with MICROSOFT WINDOWS.
- ??????????? -- we are attempting to port FILE COMMANDO to XENIX.
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- The above list of current activities can only be accomplished through
- financial support of new users; that is, the more time Sandi & I can
- AFFORD to spend on this program, the faster and better File Commando
- becomes!
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