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-- RELEASE.NOT --
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January 20, 1989
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This file contains last-minute information about NZ-COM.
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---------- NZ-COM RELEASE 1.2d January 20, 1989
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NZCOM.COM version 1.2d fixes yet another minor bug by forcing a warm boot
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whenever a new DOS module is loaded by itself. The progress report is also
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a little less verbose unless declaring the /T(est) option. If the /Q(uiet)
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option is declared, NZCOM is now completely silent.
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New versions of SAVE.COM, ERA.COM, REN.COM, P.COM, POKE.COM and their Type
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3 counterparts are included in this release.
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NZSUB version 1.0 is released. Unlike SUB.COM, NZSUB is not ZCPR3 specific
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and runs as well under CP/M. Its batch files can be formatted and
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commented much like those of ZEX4. See NZSUB.SUB for an example.
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TCSELECT version 1.2 can now be run successfully under CP/M.
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---------- NZ-COM RELEASE 1.2 November 1, 1988
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NZCOM.COM version 1.2 includes two changes of significance. First, due to
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an oversight, when version 1.0 was told to load a new ZCM or ENV file for
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which no new modules had to be loaded, it also failed to update data in the
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environment, such as printer characteristics, maximum drives and users, and
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so on. It will now do so.
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The second change was in the safety checking performed by NZCOM.COM to make
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sure that it was being requested to load a version that was consistent with
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the underlying CP/M system. This check turned out to be stricter than
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necessary and was preventing NZ-COM from running on some systems (e.g.,
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Lobo Max) that, in fact, could support it quite nicely.
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---------- NEW FILES: NZCPR.LBR, NZFCP.LBR, NZRCP.LBR
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The main NZCOM.LBR now contains only the standard configurations of the
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CPR, FCP, and RCP modules to minimize disk space requirements. Alternative
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versions of these modules are now supplied in separate libraries. Modules
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can be loaded directly from these libraries, or individual files can be
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extracted and put into NZCOM.LBR to replace the default files. Each
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library has a brief DOC file describing the modules (one of which is the
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default version included in NZCOM.LBR).
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---------- NEW PROGRAM: ZEX TYPE 4
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Named ZEX4.COM in this release, this is a new version of ZEX with many
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features not seen before (See ZEX4.DOC). This program is brand new and may
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well exhibit one or two un-planned 'features'. Please report any problems.
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---------- EASE PROBLEMS
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There are unfortunately serious defects in the coding of EASE. On many
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computers EASE appears to work without problems, on some it crashes
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completely, and on others it works but causes other strange behavior to
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occur. We tried using it on a Kaypro with the K-ROM (?), and as soon as we
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loaded ease we started to get BIOS errors on disk reads. We hope that the
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author of EASE (or someone else) will discover and correct these problems.
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The program is so nice conceptually. Use it with caution.
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---------- VLU VERSIONS
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We forgot when writing the manual that VLU, like ZFILER, has two quite
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different versions depending on whether your terminal uses reverse or dim
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video for highlighting. Therefore, you will find on the release disk VLU-
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REV.COM and VLU-DIM.COM. Copy the appropriate one to your working disk
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under the name VLU.COM.
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- End of RELEASE.NOT -
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