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- ConEd Revisions
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- 4/08/90 - Initial release of CONfiguration EDitor Version 1.0
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- 4/12/90 - Version 1.1 release.
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- Review Screen - If you were using a Mono monitor,
- the Review Screen function F6 did not work properly.
- After exiting from the Configuration Menu F3, and a
- Review Screen was called, the screen which showed up
- was NOT the DOS screen, but the Configuraton Menu
- screen instead.
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- ESC Key - Pressing the ESC key no longer allows a user
- to exit the program. To exit, a user must press either
- the return or enter key, selecting the highlighted
- configuration, or; by depressing F7 to exit ConEd.
-
- Mouse Support - Mouse support has been added for the
- convenience of those users who wish to use a mouse.
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- Video Support - CGA, MONO, and BIOS video support are now
- included with the -c (CGA), -m (MONO), & -b (BIOS)
- parameters on the command line.
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- 4/29/90 Version 2.0 release.
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- Source Code Revision - Modified the source code to
- eliminate temporary files created by ConEd.
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- Function Keys - Changed the function key assignment to
- reflect what many users suggested would be an easier,
- more 'universal' association. The 'F1' key is now the
- HELP key; 'F2' is Review DOS screen; 'F3' is edit
- AUTOEXEC.xxx; 'F4' is edit CONFIG.xxx; 'F5' is for the
- ConEd configuration menu; 'F6' is the ConEd information
- window; 'F7' reboots your computer; 'F8' permits the user
- to view the current environment variables; and, 'F9' will
- allow you to exit ConEd.
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- Command Line Boot - by using the '-s' option followed by
- the extension you desire to boot, ConEd will allow you to
- by-pass the menu screen, and re-boot the system with the
- selected configuration. An example would be:
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- coned -slan
-
- This would reboot your PC the the AUTOEXEC.LAN and
- CONFIG.LAN files, from the command line, without going
- through the ConEd menu.
-
- Delay - added the '-d' option to the command line allowing
- for a twenty (20) second delay/timeout prior to invoking
- the current configuration. With this addition, a user
- can invoke ConEd in this manner: 'coned -d', this would
- start the current configuration 20 seconds after the
- program loads and allow for such things as a BBS, which
- may of had its power interrupted and then restored, to
- automatically restart the BBS without human intervention.
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- File Creation - When in the configuration menu, and a user
- creates a new configuration, two files are created for
- ConEd. This will only happen if the files with the
- extension you have chosen do NOT already exist in the
- current directory. The first is "AUTOEXEC.xxx", and the
- second is "CONFIG.xxx", where xxx is the extension you
- assigned to a particular configuration description. The
- AUTOEXEC contains the following:
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- echo off
- cd\coned (or whatever your current directory is)
- coned
- cd\
- PATH= (whatever your current path is)
- prompt $p$g
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- The CONFIG file contains:
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- files = 20
- buffers = 20
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- Additionally, your current CONFIG.SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT files
- are copied into your ConEd directory with the extension
- which you have assigned.
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- File Check - when selecting the current configuration,
- ConEd compares the file length of the current AUTOEXEC.BAT
- and CONFIG.SYS files with the AUTOEXEC.xxx and CONFIG.xxx
- files to ensure they are the same file. If your AUTOEXEC
- or CONFIG files have been modified, ConEd will present a
- menu that will allow you to continue to exit, copy the
- AUTOEXEC.xxx and/or CONFIG.xxx file to the boot directory,
- or copy the boot directory AUTOEXEC.BAT and/or CONFIG.SYS
- to the ConEd directory with an extension that matches the
- current configurations extension.
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