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- Desktop Hacker - The history thereof
- Document d04/09 AjC
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- Name Vn Released? Description
- (a-alpha, b-beta, r-full release, d-demo)
-
- The Hacker 0.01 a Stops at any time to execute * commands.
- The Hacker 1.00 Features a single list that can be used in word, byte
- and string searches; also Kill game.
- The Hacker 1.01 b Bug fixes.
- The Hacker 1.02 a Printer spooling options added.
- The Hacker 1.03 r Alter features added. First release. Summer 1992.
- The Hacker 2.00 db Disassembler added.
- The Hacker 2.01 Bug fixes.
- The Hacker 2.02 dr Filing features added.
- The Hacker 3.00 db First version with a GUI. Released at the BAU show
- 1992. Had hardly any features.
- The Hacker 3.01 a Now uses callback handler. Most features present.
- The Hacker 3.02 dr First commercial release, January 1993. Bug fixes;
- desktop interface task added. The Hacker itself
- changed into a utility file from a module.
- The Hacker 3.03 r Bug fixes; SWI window extended.
- The Hacker 3.04 dr Bug fixes; graphical changes; Ctrl-Alt added for A4.
- The Hacker 3.05 dr Bug fixes; pointer changes added for clarity.
- The Hacker 3.06 r New entire saved position file format.
- The Hacker 3.07 r Very minor release, before new bug in CheatMod spotted
- Interactive help added to desktop interface.
- The Hacker 3.08 dr Code-around through S42 routines; DeviceVectors.
- The Hacker 3.09 dr Bug fixes; graphical changes; at last the flickering
- screen is gone!
- The Hacker 3.09i r International release; graphical changes.
- The Hacker 3.10idr The sprite is improved at last! New Savings... entry,
- Options renamed to Choices.
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- Desktop Hacker 0.01 b Testing version using CallBacks instead of the SWI
- hardware vector.
- Desktop Hacker 1.00 d Acorn Action demo version. Never released as a full
- version.
- Desktop Hacker 1.01 r Mouse limits added. Many minor additions. System
- workspace bug fixed.
- Desktop Hacker 1.02 r Modules inserted from application space are now
- delinked over hacking. New game filetype used.
- Two-letter mnemonic search bug fixed. Wildcard bug
- fixed. Minor changes to windows. Savebox bug fixed.
- Sprite-not-found bug fixed.
- Desktop Hacker 1.03 dr Error window bugs fixed. SWIVe26 appmodule delinking
- bug fixed. Save menu click/hot-key bug fixed.
- Desktop Hacker 1.04 dr One-byte MemoryAccess block transfer bug fixed. FP
- CDP bit 15 bug fixed. Source=destination search bug
- fixed.
- Desktop Hacker 1.05 r Info version number font fixed. Info/Error windows
- WimpPatch-aware. Cache now zeroed when invalidated.
- (So things like dHMusic don't find parts of other
- memory lurking in the RMA.)
- Desktop Hacker 1.06 r First major upgrade. HackPoint *commands added for
- SWI, SWIGroup, and Delay. BreakPoint SWI implemented.
- Memory reserving allowed. Desktop redrawn on continue.
- Squashed game files now supported. Forking added, so
- that you don't end up hacking the WIMP front end
- instead of the game itself. A few minor bugs fixed.
- Desktop Hacker 1.07 dr Fixed R9 corruption on forking bug. Added "Don't keep
- screen memory" option for machines with little RAM.
- Desktop Hacker 1.08 dr Changed * command slightly to make it work with games
- that check the command used to run themselves (Empire
- Soccer), and added 'speed up'.