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- VERSION HISTORY
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- 1.00
- First public release
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- 1.10
- Added GO-STRT.DAT processing
- Added GO M startup parameter
- Interactive handling if dearchiver program is missing
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- 1.11A
- READ.ME is sought by path (to get around network remapping problem)
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- 1.20A
- DOC file (following READ.ME check) is sought by path
- Disk space is checked prior to installation
- Created directory removed if dearchiver-not-found/search? declined
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- 1.21A
- Quit works properly when GO-FORM.DAT missing
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- 1.21B
- Started using DIET to reduce EXE size
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- 1.21C
- Removed extraneous slash from (Y/N) prompt
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- 1.22A
- Tested LHARC support
- Suggested install directory is now B:\ if you don't have a C: drive
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- 1.22B
- Enhanced anti-piracy protection on personalized copies
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- 1.23A
- Fixed problem whereby GO-START had to be in the same directory
- Changed "Print order form" to "Print reply form"
- If user doesn't have a printer, order form is displayed on-screen
- Same rules for colorization as for text files
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- 1.23B
- Enhanced anti-piracy protection
- Information about dearchiver used displayed via GO ?
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- 1.30A
- Copy support (via GO-COPY.DAT)
- New .GO type file -- first line is scanned for menu line
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- 1.30B
- Fixed "About GO" screen to report price correctly
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- 1.30C
- GO-COPY now allows wildcarding
- GO packge now includes GO_SMALL.EXE (DIET-compressed version of GO)
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- 1.30D
- Updated GO documentation to mention wildcarding
- New version of GO-COPY
- Page-up on GO files no longer shows title line as first screen
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- 1.30E
- GO ? updates
- Added GO Info line
- Dearchiving parm now shows None if null
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- 1.30F
- Added GO-DISKS program
- Added INTRO and REGISTER documentation
- Changed GO-COPY data files from .DAT extension to .COP extension
- This version was not publicly released
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- 1.30G
- Additional documentation changes
- GO /? text changed a bit
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- 1.40A
- Not released publicly as shareware (some registered copies shipped)
- Includes numerous enhancements for using GO in batch files
- After an installation, GO now ends with an ERRORLEVEL of 10
- Added GO-MENU to package
- New -D parameter means that actual current directory is used
- This is as opposed to using the directory GO is located in
- This lets you use one copy of GO for many different directories
- Install no longer shows up on main menu if no archive files are present.
- Lack of "install" option explained in GO-STRT.DAT screen
- Menu selections are now always at the same FKey position
- Main menu skipped if it only shows Information/[Ad]/Quit
- New file type: GO.HDG
- Specifies new heading for main menu
- This feature only available to those who have ordered personalized copies
- Added text command processing:
- ;NEW
- Use instead of CTL-L to mark a page break.
- ;INST [archive-root]
- If the specified file exists (default, same root as shown file)
- then offer to install the file. (Must be last line of file)
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- 2.00A
- Information section no longer displays DOC or ME files
- These can be zapped in for compatibility with GO v1.x
- Moved documentation to GO.DOC file
- New pricing policy:
- $16 + $3 S&H for first copy; $10 each copy after that
- Note that multiple personalizations are now possible with GO.HDG
- Documentation mentions 3-Meg-for-3-Bucks Maxi package as demo of GO-MENU
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- 2.00B
- GO now puts a space after a command-line parm that is "zapped" in
- This prevents the dearchiver from seeing something like this:
- PKUNZIP -oMYFILE.ZIP
- Added WAIT utility
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- 2.00C
- Extracts with LHA version now use -c parameter
- This allows overwrite of newer files, instead of just skipping them
- Added GETKEY and SEE utilities
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- 2.10A
- Added multi-disk installation via INST
- Improved appearance of displays if 43- or 50-line mode is pre-set
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- 2.20A
- First public release of multi-disk version
- Improved introductory documentation
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- 2.30A
- Information and Install menus can now handle up to 17 items (not just 9)
- If more than 9 items (10 including Quit):
- Selection is by arrow keys and Enter (or mouse), not by function keys
- Second line of HDG file:
- If INF appears, goes directly to Information screen
- This is valuable only for:
- Info-only application
- Applications in which all GO files include the ;INST control
- For copyright reasons, the HDG file is enabled only in registered versions
- After dearc, the file INFO.GO is displayed in preference to READ.ME
- However, if it is missing, program continues to work the old way
- New display shows all customizations
- Type GO /? at the DOS prompt to see how the program is personalized
- A small program may be run after display of GO-INFO.TXT file
- This MUST be small to handle all possible "RAM available" situations
- Manual expanded; reformatted for proper printing on laser printer
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