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# RomWBW Release Notes |
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This file contains information useful to those upgrading to a new |
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release of RomWBW. |
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All Versions |
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============ |
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## All Versions |
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- **Please** review the "Upgrading" Section of the RomWBW User Guide. |
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- Please review the "Upgrading" Section of the RomWBW User Guide. |
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- The RomWBW ROM and the RomWBW disk images are intended to be a |
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matched set. After upgrading your ROM, it is important to update |
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the OS boot tracks of your disks as well as the RomWBW-specific |
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applications. This is discussed in the "Upgrading" section of the |
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RomWBW User Guide. |
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- Many RomWBW-specific applications are locked to the ROM version |
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being used. After upgrading your ROM, you will need to upgrade |
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your disk-based RomWBW applications and OS boot files. |
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## Version 3.5 |
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Version 3.5 |
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### Upgrade Notes |
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- RomWBW is now more strict with respect to hard disk partition |
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tables. If your hard disk media was created using any of the |
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pre-built disk image files, this will **not** affect you. Otherwise, |
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you may find you are unable to access slices beyond the first |
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slice. If so, use FDISK80 to reset the partition table on the |
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slice. If so, use `FDISK80` to reset the partition table on the |
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disk. This will restore normal access to all slices. **Only** do |
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this if you are having an issue. |
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at the boot loader prompt. So, all config files have been changed to |
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consistently enable `AUTOCON` and disable `VDAEMU_SERKBD` (`$FF`). If |
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are want to use `VDAEMU_SERKBD`, you need to set it in your config |
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file as well as disabling AUTOCON. |
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file as well as disabling AUTOCON. |
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### New Features |
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- RC2014 Front Panel and LCD Screen support. |
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- Console "takeover" support at Boot Loader prompt by pressing the |
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<space> key twice on an alternate console device. |
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- Cowgol disk image based on the work of Ladislau Szilagyi. |
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- TMS video is automatically reset after an OS warm boot which |
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allows OS to recover from applications that reprogram the TMS |
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video display controller. |
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- Implemented "application" RAM banks that can be discovered bia |
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the HBIOS API. |
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- Documentation improvements (Mark Pruden), including: |
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- Reorganization into multiple directories. |
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- Improved Disk Management section in User Guide. |
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- Overhaul of Disk Catalog. |
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- Disk image for Z3PLUS (Mark Pruden). |
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- `REBOOT` application added (Martin R). Also, reboot capability |
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added to `CPUSPD` utility. |
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- `COPYSL` slice copy application (Mark Pruden). |
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- Improved disk slice management and protection (Mark Pruden). |
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- Initial NVRAM configuration support (Mark Pruden). |
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- Enhancements to ASSIGN command to automatically assign drives |
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(Mark Pruden). |
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### New Hardware Support |
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- NABU w/ RomWBW Option Board. |
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- EF9345 video display controller driver (Laszlo Szolnoki). |
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- Duodyne Disk I/O (CP/NET) and Media boards. |
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- PS/2 keyboard interface on RCBus systems. |
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- S100 FPGA-based Z80 including console, SD Cards, and RTC. |
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- Support for 16C550-family UART support on additional platforms. |
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- Genesis STD Bus Z180 platform (Doug Jackson). |
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- Support for Dinoboard eZ80 CPU board provided by Dean Netherton. |
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- Added interrupt support to PS/2 keyboard driver by Phil Summers. |
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Wayne Warthen
12 months ago