- ROM Applications document has been consolidated into the Applications document
- Martin has done a significant overhaul of the Applications document
Co-Authored-By: MartinR <174514335+martinr-uk@users.noreply.github.com>
Update CLRDIR with minor update from the author Max Scane to emphasize the need to type a capital Y to proceed. Thanks and credit to Max Scane for this application.
Adds CLRDIR to the Applications document.
- This change avoids clearing the screen every time an OS reset occurs. A non-destructive VDC reset is now performed that leaves the screen contents and cursor position unchanged.
- If an application overwrites the video RAM, then the screen may contain garbage upon return to OS. However, the console will still be functional and the user can just press enter a few times to clear the screen.
Correct obsolete reference to DiskList.txt in the ReadMe.txt file in the Binary Directory.
Thanks and credit to @shawnshekari (issue #390) for reporting this.
- Generic serial interface client support files have been added. This mode of operation is not documented in the RomWBW User Guide. Refer to <https://github.com/durgadas311/cpnet-z80>.
- Minor patch to NULU so it does not spit out a directory listing every time it is invoked.
Based on input from Martin R, the console takeover mechanism has been modified to require that the space bar be pressed twice in a row on the character unit desiring to be the console. This reduces the chance of a spurious console takeover due to garbage input on serial ports.
- If enabled by AUTOCON config setting, you can press <space> at any character device to take over the console at the boot loader prompt.
- Correction to SIOSEEK documentation in System Guide. Thanks and credit to Martin R.
- Minor doc updates
- Comment updates in ansi.asm and tms.asm
- Correction to build process for ROMless systems
- Fix for ZRC (default configuration) to use all available RAM
- Last check-in had a couple of config file errors which are corrected here.
- Also updated Appendix A of the User Guide to reflect new CH37x port addressing.
- Credit and thanks to Martin R for providing a substantial list of suggested fixes and improvements to the User Guide. I have done my best to address them -- others will require more time and will hopefully be addressed in the future.
Based on input from Issue #364, I have attempted to clarify a few areas on the User Guide:
- Recommendation to only use ROM OSes only for limited purposes
- Added a more detailed description of the automatic drive assignment algorithm
- Added more detail on batch file auto-submission
- Added support for Duodyne Multi-IO board
- Added support for Duodyne Zilog-IO board
- Added SUPCTS equate in hbios.asm to allow selectively adding code to suppress use of CTS during HBIOS boot
- Added reference in User Guide to Bruce Hall's Assembly Language Programming document
- Add minimal Fuzix instructions to User Guide
- Enable CTC auto-detect by default for RCBus. It causes no problems to auto-detect it and it will stop a CTC from generating unexpected interrupts after a soft restart.
- Upgrade `SUPERSUB` to v1.3 (previously v1.1)
- The naming of ZZRCC was incorrectly ZZRC. Corrected.
- Max Scane has provided a small bug fix for CLRDIR.
- Minor build updates for new HTalk utility.
Driver Device Type ID's have been stored in the upper nibble. However, running out of ID's, I have changed them to occupy the entire byte.
This is a breaking change, so I have updated the minor version number to maintain integrity between components. So, v3.3 will never become a stable release and I am moving directly to v3.4.